SOLUTION: hi, i was hoping you could help me start my homework...i am needing to determine the degree of each term and the degree of the polynomial. also, how do i find the leading term and

Question 184736: hi, i was hoping you could help me start my homework...i am needing to determine the degree of each term and the degree of the polynomial. also, how do i find the leading term and coefficient? thank you!!! -6x^5-8x^3+x^2+3x-4
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-6x^5-8x^3+x^2+3x-4
the leading term is the term with the highest degree
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so is the leading term and the leading coefficient is -6
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...degree is 5
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..degree is 3
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...degree is 2
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...degree is 1
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degree is zero
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degree of poly is taken from term with highest degree.....so this is a 5 degree polynomial
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