The profit (in dollars) earned by selling w apple trees is represented by w ^ 2 - 4w + 14 The profit (in dollars) earned by selling w pear trees is represented by 2w + 10 Write a polynomial that represents how much more profit is eamed by selling w apple trees than w pear trees.

An is a number that is written without a component. it is a number that is either or . an exponent is a or a number that another number is being to. the number that is being raised to a is called the . the or power tells you how many times to the base by . if an exponent is fractional then ask yourself the question: what when multiplied by itself a certain number of times will equal the number?