Question

A polynomial is said to be linear, quadratic, cubic or biquadratic according to the degree of the polynomial.

(a) False

(b) True

I had been asked this question by my college director while I was bunking the class.

The above asked question is from Geometrical Meaning of Zeros of Polynomial topic in portion Polynomials of Mathematics – Class 10

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) True

For explanation I would say: The degree of the polynomial is the highest of the degree of the polynomial. Hence, a polynomial with highest degree one is linear, two as quadratic and so on.