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The maximum number of turning points or bumps of a nth degree polynomial is

The maximum number of turning points or bumps of a nth degree polynomial is-example-1
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A turning point is a point of the graph where the graph changes from increasing to decreasing or decreasing to increasing . A polynomial of degree n will have at most n−1 turning points

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n-1

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