<PRE><B>Question 375001</B>
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I&#39;m going to assume that you mean &quot;...can the absolute value of the numerical coefficient ever be larger than the smallest numerical coefficient in the polynomial...&quot;


No.  If the coefficient in the potential factor were larger than any of the coefficients in the polynomial, then that coefficient couldn&#39;t be a factor of that term of the polynomial.


Yes.  Consider a three term polynomial with numerical coefficients of 6, 34, and 22.  The GCF of the polynomial would have a numerical coefficient of 2 which is smaller than all of the coefficients.


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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