How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms $3x^2 – 6x^4 + 2 + 4x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-04T15:05:52

See explanation.

To write a polynomial in a standard form you have to set its terms according to the variable powers in a descending order.

In this example it would give:

$-6x^4+3x^2+4x+2$

This expression is a polynomial of fourth degree with 4 terms:

How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms 3x^2 – 6x^4 + 2 + 4x3x^2 – 6x^4 + 2 + 4x?