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What is the Leading Coefficient of 3x^6-2x^9+5x-12 when written in Standard Form?
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-2 because I used parentheses and it made it a whole lot easier some nice advice if you like in class try to put parentheses a little more most people in my class don’t use it but it make hard stuff way easier have a nice day
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Answer:

-2

Explanation:

3x^6-2x^9+5x-12

Write from highest power of x to lowest power

-2x^9+3x^6+5x-12

The leading coefficient is the number in front of the highest power of x

-2

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