You have seen factors of numbers. Here we introduce factors and factoring polynomials. This is the process of rewriting a polynomials as a produce of polynomials of lesser degree.
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What does the degree of a polynomial mean and what is it? Find the answer to this question and learn how to identify the degree of a polynomial.
Learn how to multiply polynomials together.
Learn to add and subtract polynomials.
Learn what a power is and how to identify them. We will also look at some rules on how to perform “arithmetic” operations with powers. For example, multiplying, dividing, adding and subtracting powers. We will also look at powers of power.
Polynomials are introduced by considering the basic building blocks of a polynomial, a monomial. From here we introduce the simplest polynomial, the binomial and then the trinomial.
The distance between a point and line is given by the shortest distance which is the perpendicular distance between the two. Learn more about what this is and how to find this distance.