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#1 2016-02-27 16:52:03
- Amartyanil
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Monomial, Binomial, Trinomial or none of these?
Hi;
See the following algebraic expression:
1/3(x + y + z)
It can be also written as: x/3 + y/3 + z/3
Or: (x + y + z)/3
Is this a monomial, binomial, trinomial or none of these?
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#2 2016-02-27 17:39:49
- bobbym
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Re: Monomial, Binomial, Trinomial or none of these?
Since it has 3 terms I would say trinomial.
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#3 2016-03-08 11:46:50
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Re: Monomial, Binomial, Trinomial or none of these?
If you distribute 1/3, the expression becomes x/3 + y/3 + z/3.
As you can see, three terms are formed.
This is a trinomial.
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#4 2016-05-01 03:06:25
- Amartyanil
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Re: Monomial, Binomial, Trinomial or none of these?
Hi;
See this algebraic expression:
4x +9x
It is a binomial.
When it is written 13x, it is a monomial.
Then what type of expression is this?
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#5 2016-05-01 04:39:42
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Re: Monomial, Binomial, Trinomial or none of these?
If there is a single variable the powers must be different.
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#6 2016-05-01 05:56:08
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Re: Monomial, Binomial, Trinomial or none of these?
Hi Amartyanil;
Supposing I said it is x + 3x + 4x + 5x, does it now have 4 terms? You should simplify first to 13x, where it is obviously a monomial.
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#7 2016-05-01 13:37:30
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Re: Monomial, Binomial, Trinomial or none of these?
Hi;
Do we count only the unlike terms and state them only as terms?
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#8 2016-05-01 13:58:44
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Re: Monomial, Binomial, Trinomial or none of these?
Basically + and - make more terms:
is still a monomial.
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