A monomial is an expression that is either: 1) a numeral, 2) a variable, or 3) the product of a numeral and one or more variables. A variable can be thought of as the product of the numeral 1 and the...
The number of times that the variable occurs as a factor in the monomial. In other words, the exponent of the variable, e.g., x² - x + 6 is 2nd degree.
an independent variable is a thing you can change on your own. a depentent variable is a variable you depend on and a responding variable is a variable that reacts to the experiment