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.
If no constant term appears, then the constant term is. . The degree of a (nonzero) monomial is the sum of the exponents of its variables. Since. , the degree of a (nonzero) constant is. . Most sources do not define the degree of the polynomial. ; some define the degree of the polynomial. to be. .The degree of a polynomial is the maximum of the degrees of its terms after the polynomial has been expanded. For example, the polynomial. has degree. . The coefficient of a monomial is the numerical (non-variable) portion of the monomial.n expanded polynomial is in descending order if the degrees of the terms of the polynomial are strictly decreasing as the polynomial is read from left to right. Note that, for a polynomial to be written in descending order, all like terms have to be combined.