Abstract Waves Masters Thesis

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POLYNOMIAL VOCABULARY

TERM – a number or a product of a number and


variables raised to powers
COEFFICIENT – numerical factor of a term
CONSTANT – term which is only a number
POLYNOMIAL – is a sum of terms involving variables
raised to a whole number exponent, with no
variables appearing in any denominator
In the polynomial:
7x5 + x2y2 – 4xy + 7

terms: 7x5, x2y2, -4xy and 7 = 4 terms


coefficient - of term 7x5 is 7,
- of term x2y2 is 1,
- of term –4xy is –4, and
- of term 7 is 7
constant term – is 7

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