Question

Andre says that any real number can go in either of the boxes and A will be a

Answer 1

Answer:

Andy is incorrect

Step-by-step explanation:

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Andy is incorrect because of the following.

Filling the empty boxes with any real numbers does not guarantee that the expression will be a polynomial.

For instance, if the expression is completed as thus:

(5x⁴ + 4x³)(4x^(2.7981) - 6) = A

This expression is not a polynomial because all powers of x must be non negative and it must be an integer.

So, Andy's statement is incorrect