document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=5753>Question 5753</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Finding the leading coefficient of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x - 4x^2 + 9 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #2955 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=prince_abubu><B>prince_abubu(198)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=prince_abubu><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=2955\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The leading coefficient would be the constant number multiplied to the variable with the highest power. In the above example, the term -4x^2 has the variable with the highest power (power of 2). Just because the -4 is multiplied to the variable with the highest power in the expression, -4 is the leading coefficient.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "WARNING: They will trick you by NOT putting the term with the highest power first (like the example). Many would say that the leading coefficient is the first number written in the expression. </SPAN>\n" );
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