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Polynomials

The word polynomial is derived from the Greek words’ ‘poly’ means ‘many ‘and ‘nominal’
means ‘terms ‘, so altogether it is said as “many terms”. A polynomial can have any number of
terms but not infinite.
Let’s learn about the degrees, terms, types, properties, and polynomial functions in this article.
Polynomials are algebraic expressions that consist of variables and coefficients. Variables are
also sometimes called indeterminates. We can perform arthematic operations such as addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and also positive integer exponents for polynomial expressions but
not division by variable. An example of a polynomial with one variable is x2+x-12. In this
example, there are three terms: x2, x and -12.

Example:

Standard Form of a Polynomial


P(x) = anxn + an-1xn-1 +an-2xn-2 + ………………. + a1x + a0

Where an, an-1, an-2, ……………………, a1, a0 are called coefficients of xn, xn-1, xn-2, ….., x and
constant term respectively and it should belong to real number (⋲ R).

Notation
The polynomial function is denoted by P(x) where x represents the variable. For example,

P(x) = x2-5x+11

If the variable is denoted by a, then the function will be P(a).


Degree of a Polynomial
The degree of a polynomial is defined as the highest exponent of a monomial within a
polynomial. Thus, a polynomial equation having one variable which has the largest exponent is
called a degree of the polynomial.

Example: Find the degree of the polynomial P(x) = 6x4+ 3x2+ 5x +19

Solution:

The degree of the polynomial is 4 as the highest power of the variable 4.

Types of Polynomials

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