👉 The term "pated" in the context of mathematics refers to a type of polynomial function. A polynomial is an expression that can be written as a sum of terms, where each term consists of a variable raised to a non-negative integer power and multiplied by a constant. The degree of a polynomial is the highest power of its variable in its simplified form. In the case of a pated polynomial, it means that the highest power of x (the variable) in the expression is 2,
