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Polynomial
In mathematics, an algebraic expression that has one or more variables (denoted by letters). A polynomial equation has the form:
where an, an-1, …, a0 are all constants, n is a positive integer, and an ≠ 0. Examples of polynomials are:
or
or
A polynomial of degree one, that is, whose highest power of x is 1, as in 2x + 1, is called a linear polynomial;
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