document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=17328>Question 17328</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is the leading coefficient for p(x)=(x+2)^17 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " if you mean by leading coefficient the coefficient of highest power of x , then notice that <BR>\n" );
document.write( " p(x)=(x+2)^17=(x+2)(x+2)(x+2).....17 times <BR>\n" );
document.write( "   the highest power of x is obviously got by multiplying x by x repeatedly taking one x from each factor ..so we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x*x*x*.....17 times =x^17...its coeffiocient is 1 and the term is 1x^17 </SPAN>\n" );
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