Question 17328: what is the leading coefficient for p(x)=(x+2)^17
Answer by venugopalramana(3286)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! what is the leading coefficient for p(x)=(x+2)^17..
if you mean by leading coefficient the coefficient of highest power of x , then notice that
p(x)=(x+2)^17=(x+2)(x+2)(x+2).....17 times
the highest power of x is obviously got by multiplying x by x repeatedly taking one x from each factor ..so we get
x*x*x*.....17 times =x^17...its coeffiocient is 1 and the term is 1x^17
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