The wildfire burning near Fort McMurray on May 1, 2016. On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. On May 3, it swept through the community, forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history.
A polynomial in. x is defined as a finite sum of terms of the form axn, where a is a real number and. the exponent nis a whole number. For each term,a is called the coefficient, and n. is called the degree of the term. For example: If a polynomial has exactly one term, it is categorized as a monomial. A two-. term polynomial is called a binomial, and a three-term polynomial is called a. trinomial. Usually the terms of a polynomial are written in descending order. according to degree. In descending order, the highest-degree term is written first.
The student correctly adds each pair of polynomials and is able to explain: 1  is a polynomial since it consists of the sum of two terms each of the form where a is a real number and n is a whole number. 2  The sum of two polynomials will always be a polynomial because adding like terms of the form results in more terms of the form . The student may show that for any two terms and (where a and b are real numbers and n is a whole number), . Since the real numbers are closed for addition, (a + b) is a real number.