SOLUTION: Can you determine the degree plus the leading coefficient of this equation?
{{{ 6x^3 + 3x^4 = 2x^2 - 2 }}}
A.) degree = 4, leading coefficient = 3
B.) degree = 3, leading coeffi
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Question 1035846: Can you determine the degree plus the leading coefficient of this equation?
A.) degree = 4, leading coefficient = 3
B.) degree = 3, leading coefficient = 6
C.) degree = 2, leading coefficient = 2
D.) degree = 0, leading coefficient = -2
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
As I said before (https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/playground/test.faq.question.1035781.html), we assign degrees to *polynomials*, not equations.
You can rearrange it to 
. The left-hand side of the equation is a polynomial with degree 4 and leading coefficient 3.
However the equation is completely equivalent to 
. Again, the left-hand side of the equation is a polynomial, but its degree is 5 and its leading coefficient is 99.
Response to your comment: I have a BS in mathematics, and have experience tutoring math up to and including calculus, so hopefully I know what I am talking about.
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