alleryStart learning →Every monomial, binomial and trinomial is also a:
AVariable
BPolynomial
CBinomial
DConstant
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Polynomial
1. The categories are nested rather than separate.
2. A monomial, or two or more monomials combined by addition or subtraction, is a polynomial.
3. Notice that every monomial, binomial, and trinomial is also a polynomial.
4. Polynomial is the general term covering all of them.
_Source: OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 'Polynomials', sections 6.1-6.8_
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