Raj writes a polynomial expression in standard form using one variable, a, that has 4 terms and is degree 5.
Raj and Nicole's polynomial expressions are added to
create a sum, written in standard form
What can you determine about the degree of the sum?
The sum will be degree
Hicole writes a polynomial expression in standard form
using one variable, a, that has 3 terms and is degree 2.
What can you determine about the number of terms of
the sum?
The maximum number of terms of the sum is
but it could be less.