How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms $8- 6w - 12w - 8w^2 - 7 - 3w^3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-07T18:10:26

$" "-3w^3-8w^2-18w+1$

There are 4 terms and the highest degree (power) is 3

Standard form is $" "ax^3+bx^2+cx+d$

The only difference is that in this question we have $w$ instead of $x$ .

Collecting like terms:

$" "-3w^3-8w^2+(-6w-12w)+(8-7)$ giving:

$" "-3w^3-8w^2-18w+1$

There are 4 terms and the highest degree (power) is 3

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