Question
Is the expression $y + \frac{2}{y}$, polynomial in one variable or not$?$ State the reason for your answer.
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Answer
$y + \frac{2}{y}$
We can observe that in the polynomial $y + \frac{2}{y}$ ,we have $y$ as the only variable and the powers of $y$ in each term are not a whole number.
Therefore, we conclude that $y + \frac{2}{y}$ is not a polynomial in one variable.
We can observe that in the polynomial $y + \frac{2}{y}$ ,we have $y$ as the only variable and the powers of $y$ in each term are not a whole number.
Therefore, we conclude that $y + \frac{2}{y}$ is not a polynomial in one variable.
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