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.
This expression has three terms: the variables x, y, and z. We say that the first term is x, that the second term is y, and so on. Here is another expression: 7 - f(x) + a. This expression also has three terms: the number 7, the function f(x), and the variable a. The first term is the number 7, the second term is the function f(x), and the third term is the variable a. Now, consider this expression: Here, the first term is this: Notice that this term is made up of two parts, the variable x and the variable y. Factors are the separate parts of a multiplication.