document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1035846>Question 1035846</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you determine the degree plus the leading coefficient of this equation?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+6x%5E3+%2B+3x%5E4+=+2x%5E2+-+2+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+6x%5E3+%2B+3x%5E4+=+2x%5E2+-+2+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "A.) degree = 4, leading coefficient = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B.) degree = 3, leading coefficient = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C.) degree = 2, leading coefficient = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D.) degree = 0, leading coefficient = ­-2  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #650481 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=650481\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> As I said before (https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/playground/test.faq.question.1035781.html), we assign degrees to *polynomials*, not equations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can rearrange it to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large 3x^4 + 6x^3 - 2x^2 + 2 = 0\">. The left-hand side of the equation is a polynomial with degree 4 and leading coefficient 3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "However the equation is completely equivalent to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large 99x^5 + 3x^4 + 6x^3 - 2x^2 + 2 = 99x^5\">. Again, the left-hand side of the equation is a polynomial, but its degree is 5 and its leading coefficient is 99.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "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. </SPAN>\n" );
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