Question

Write the polynomial in standard form. 8x – 6x2 - 3.3 Identify the leading coefficient of the polynomial. dentify the degree of the polynomial.

Answer 1

A polynomial in x, in standard form, is written in decreasing order of x.

Thus, re-arranging the given polynomial to its standard form, we have:

$-6x^2+8x-3.3$

The leading co-efficient of a polynomial is the co-efficient of the leading term i.e the co-eficient of the term with the highest power of x.

Hence, the leading co-efficient is -6 and the degree of the polynomial is 2