Algebra and Trigonometry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 9781337271172
ISBN 13: 978-1-33727-117-2

Prerequisites - P.3 - Polynomials and Special Products - Exercises - Page 31: 11

Answer

(a) $-4x^5+6x^4+1$ (b) Degree is $5$ and leading coefficient is $-4$ (c) Trinomial

Work Step by Step

(a) The standard form of a polynomial is expressed by writing the terms in decreasing order of powers of the variable like $ax^2+bx+x$. Therefore, standard form of given polynomial is $-4x^5+6x^4+1$. (b) Degree of a polynomial is the highest power of the variable in polynomial, and the coefficient of respective term is the leading coefficient. Since, $-4x^5$ is the term with highest power, degree is $5$ and leading coefficient is $-4$. (c) A polynomial with single, double and triple terms are named monomial, binomial and trinomial respectively. Since $-4x^5+6x^4+1$ has three terms, is a trinomial.
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