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What are the degree and leading coefficient of the polynomial?- 10v-v +7Degree: M:Х5?Leading coefficient:

What are the degree and leading coefficient of the polynomial?- 10v-v +7Degree: M-example-1
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Answer:

The polynomial is given below as


-10v-v^5+7

In mathematics, the degree of a polynomial is the highest of the degrees of the polynomial's monomials (individual terms) with non-zero coefficients. The degree of a term is the sum of the exponents of the variables that appear in it, and thus is a non-negative integer. For a univariate polynomial, the degree of the polynomial is simply the highest exponent occurring in the polynomial.

Hence,

The degree of the polynomial is


\Rightarrow5

In mathematics, the leading coefficient of a polynomial is the coefficient of the term with the highest degree of the polynomial, that is, the leading coefficient of a polynomial is the number that is in front of the x with the highest exponent.

From the polynomial above,

The leading term is


-v^5

Hence,

The leading coefficient will be


\Rightarrow-1

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