Adding Polynomials with Negative Coefficients

This video tutorial teaches how to add polynomials with negative coefficients using signed number operations. It explains the concept of signed numbers and how subtraction can be viewed as adding the opposite. The tutorial covers adding polynomials with both positive and negative coefficients, using zero as a placeholder for missing terms, and rearranging polynomials to align like terms. The importance of understanding the commutative property and the distributive property in polynomial addition is emphasized.

What is the process of adding polynomials with negative coefficients?

How can missing terms be added to a polynomial?

Explain how subtraction can be viewed as adding the opposite.

What is the significance of aligning like terms when adding polynomials?

Describe how to combine like terms in polynomial addition.