Consider the following polynomial.
-2a^3 b^2 + 5ab^5 + 7b^4 + 8
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The degree of the polynomial is
(5, **6, 15)
The leading coefficient is:
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(-2, **5, 7, 8)
The constant term is:
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(-2, 5, 7, **8)
The leading term is
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(-2a^3 b^2
**5ab^5
7b^4
8)
(-2, 5, 7, 8)
The degree of the polynomial is 6 because it is determined by the highest exponent, which is 5 (from the term 5ab^5).
The leading coefficient is 5 because it is the coefficient of the term with the highest degree (from the term 5ab^5).
The constant term is 8 because it is the term without any variables (the constant term).
The leading term is 5ab^5 because it has the highest degree and coefficient among all the terms.