SOLUTION: Determine the leading term, leading coefficient, and the degree of the polynomial -x - 4x^2 - 4x^3 - 3x^5 + 4 what do they mean

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Question 323333: Determine the leading term, leading coefficient, and the degree of the polynomial
-x - 4x^2 - 4x^3 - 3x^5 + 4 what do they mean

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Order the terms of the polynomial in decreasing order of powers of x.






In this case, it would be,

The leading term is then,
The leading coefficient (the constant in front of the highest power of x) is
The degree (the highest power of x) is 5.

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