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Question
Which of the following expression are polynomial? Justify your answer:
`1/(2x)`
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Solution
`1/(2x) = 1/2 x^-1`
Here, the power of x = –1, which is not a whole number, but a negative number.
Hence, `1/(2x)` is not a polynomial.
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