2 A polynomial of degree 3 in x has at most (a) 5 terms (b) 3 terms (c) 4 - Maths - Polynomials

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2 A polynomial of degree 3 in x has at most
(a) 5 terms (b) 3 terms
(c) 4 terms (d) 1 term

Ajanta Trivedi · Accepted Answer

A polynomial of degree 3 has maximum
power of x as 3
so the terms in the polynomial may have exponent of x as
0,1,2,3
polynomial of degree 3 has at most 4 terms

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2. A polynomial of degree 3 in x has at most (a) 5 terms (b) 3 terms (c) 4 terms (d) 1 term

2. A polynomial of degree 3 in x has at most
(a) 5 terms (b) 3 terms
(c) 4 terms (d) 1 term