Answer: a and c are polynomials, b is not.
Step-by-step explanation:
A polynomial p(x) is written as:
p(x) = aₙ*xⁿ + ... + a₂*x² + a₁*x¹ + a₀*x⁰
where x is the variable, and the numbers aₙ, aₙ₋₁, ..., a₁, a₀ are the coefficients of the polynomial, such that aₙ is the leading coefficient, and the value of n (always a natural number) is the degree of the polynomial.
Notice that the powers need to be always natural numbers.
Now, let's analyze the options:
a) 3*x - 2
We can rewrite this as:
3*x¹ - 2*x⁰
Then this is a polynomial.
b) p² + 1/p (in this case the variable is p)
the second term can be written as:
1/p = p⁻¹
Then we have a term with a negative power of p, this means that this is not a polynomial.
c) 3*y² - 2*y/3 + 1
Same as in the first case, we can rewrite this as:
3*y² - (2/3)*y¹ + 1*y⁰
This is a polynomial.
