Terms - HiSet: High School Equivalency Test: Math

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Question

Identify the terms in the following equation:

Answer

In an equation, a term is a single number or a variable. in our equation we have the following terms:

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Question

How many terms are in the following expression: ?

Answer

Step 1: We need to separate and arrange the terms in the jumbled expression given to us in the question..

We will separate the terms by the exponent value.

For , there is only one term:

For , there are no terms.

For , there is two terms:

For , there are two terms:

For , there are two terms:

For , there is only one term:

For , there are two terms:

For , there are three terms:

There are four constant terms:

Step 2: We will now add up the coefficients in each designation of terms. This will give us the answer.

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Question

Simplify the polynomial

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How many terms does the simplified form have?

Answer

Arrange and combine like terms (those with the same variable) as follows:

Since each term now has a different exponent for the variable, no further combining is possible. The simplified form has four terms.

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