document.write( "Question 633029: determine whether f(x)represents a polynomial function. If possible, Identify the degree and type of polynomial function.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A polynomial is either zero or can be written as the sum of a finite number of non-zero terms. Each term consists of the product of a constant (called the coefficient of the term) and a finite number of variables (usually represented by letters), also called indeterminates, raised to whole number powers. The exponent on a variable in a term is called the degree of that variable in that term; the degree of the term is the sum of the degrees of the variables in that term, and the degree of a polynomial is the largest degree of any one term. Since

, the degree of a variable without a written exponent is one. A term with no variables is called a constant term, or just a constant; the degree of a (nonzero) constant term is 0. The coefficient of a term may be any number from a specified set.\r
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