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A quadratic polynomial can have at most __________ terms.(a) 1(b) 4(c) 2(d) 3I got this question in my homework.This intriguing question originated from Polynomials Basics in portion Polynomials of Mathematics – Class 9

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The correct ANSWER is (d) 3

The EXPLANATION is: A polynomial of degree 2 is called quadratic polynomial.

Quadratic polynomials are of the form ax^2+BX+c and it can contain at most three terms namely ax^2, bx and c. Thus, we can say that a quadratic polynomial can have at most three terms.

Similarly, a polynomial of degree 1 is called LINEAR polynomial and a polynomial of degree 3 is called CUBIC polynomial.



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