Question

2m⁻²+7m-5 State whether the given algebraic expression are polynomials? Justify.

Answer 1

It is not a polynomial.

Because it has a negative integer as power.

Answer 2

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Algebraic expressions in which

the variables involved have

only non - negative integers

as exponents is called

polynomial.

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Here ,

2m^-2 + 7m -5 is not a polynomial

because the first term ( 2m^-2 )

has a negative exponent .

( i.e ., -2 )

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