How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms $-10 + 4q^4 - 8q + 3q^2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-24T19:16:51

Standard form: $4q^4 + 4q^2 - 8q - 10$
Degree: $4$
Terms: $4$

In standard form, these terms will be expressed from highest to lowest exponent:
$4q^4 + 4q^2 - 8q - 10$

Classifying by degree means to find the highest exponent of the terms, so the degree is $4$ .

A term is a value split by the addition and subtraction operations, so there are $4$ terms.

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How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms -10 + 4q^4 - 8q + 3q^2 -10 + 4q^4 - 8q + 3q^2?