The answer is D, because that is what you should get when you multiply it out.

4x^2 times x^2 = 4x^4 because...

1) multiply the 4 and the one in front of the x on the second term = 4 then

2) multiply x^2 times x^2 to get x^4, not x^3, so you can immediately eliminate A and B to save time.

Now let's deal with the second part..."may or may not be" part

A polynomial is an expression with more than two algebraic terms

terms are like...
2x + 3y ---there's two terms there, eventhough the 2 and x are multiplied, it doesn't count (same with the 3 and y)
since it only have two terms, not more than two terms, it is called a binomial, not polynomial. I think that's what they mean by that

one term with a variable (y,x,and so on) is called a monomial

one term with no var is called a constant

there's many more but hope this gave you some help

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Simplify 15 - 4(11 - 8). A. 27 B. 3 C. -3 D. 21

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Answer:

15-44+32= 3

Step-by-step explanation:

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