Degree of a Polynomial

USCphysics2012
Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:15:51 +0000

I don’t think either of them are polynomials.

For B, sqrt(x) is the same as x^(1/2), and in polynomials the exponent must be an integer, right? Same with D, you’ve got a constant to the power of a variable, it needs to be an integer.

I believe neither is a polynomial.