POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS

POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS
Problems
Problem : Identify the degree, leading coefficient, and constant term of the following polynomial: -3x 4 +5x 2 - x - 4 .
Degree: 4. Leading coefficient: -3. Constant term: -4.
Problem : Identify the degree, leading coefficient, and constant term of the following polynomial: 5x 6 +2x 5 -2x 4 +7x 3 - x 2 - x + 23 .
Degree: 6. Leading coefficient: 5. Constant term: 23.
Problem : List the coefficients of x nx n-1x n-2,..., x 2x in that order for the following polynomial of degree n : 16x 8 +3x 7 - x 4 + x 3 - 5x .
16, 3, 0, 0, - 1, 1, 0, - 5 .