Sound energy is mechanical, it involves the movement of atoms. The energy in a sound wave is both kinetic and potential. Just as in a vibrating spring, the medium has mass a â¦ nd moves and so moving mass is kinetic energy. Just as in the spring there is compression and rarefaction, so there is elastic potential energy.
A polynomial is a mathematical expression consisting of a sum of terms, each term including a variable or variables raised to a power and multiplied by a coefficient. The simplest polynomials have one variable. anxn + an-1xn-1 + ... where the a's represent the coefficients and x represents the variable.
By Jennifer Ledwith. Degree-The greatest exponent in a polynomial or equation. Example: 1  3 x 13 + 5 x 3 (Degree: 13). 2  h 5 + h 4 + h 8 + h 3 + h 12 + h 2 + 13 h (Degree: 12). 3  y = -5 b + 19 (Degree: 1; Note, b is raised to the 1 st power.). 4  Æ(x) = 5 x 9 - 5 (Degree: 9).