Question

What is the leading coefficient for f(x) = x4 - x2 + 3x - 7?

Answer 1

4

Answer 2

its 1

Answer 3

leading coefficient is the coefficient of the leading term

Answer 4

oh not 4?

Answer 5

It is 1 as the highest order is power 4 and its coefficient is 1

Answer 6

4 is the degree

Answer 7

ok ok :)

Answer 8

Ok degree, but that tells you where to find the leading coefficient.

Answer 9

I love how you all are so happy to give the answer.. I just wish you were nearly so enthused about teaching.

Answer 10

the highest degree term is the leading term, n its coefficient is leading coeff

Answer 11

How can you say that in this partiucular room! How much teaching can you do. Try not to be so judgemental Polpak

Answer 12

I can say that easily. You all just piped up with a bunch of numbers in the response rather than showing the student how to find the answer for themselves. This is a trivial task and would take almost not time at all. Yet now when faced with a similar problem the student will have no recourse but to come back and ask again rather than trivially determining this for themselves.

Answer 13

Well the forum is open for you to show us how it is done then.

Answer 14

Most of the time they want only the solution and even though u explain them the same kind of problem 100000000000000000000000000 times they still ask abt it...

Answer 15

Then you can either stop 'helping' (and by helping I mean allowing them to cheat on their homework) or you can be patient and explain again if they seem to actually be interested in making an attempt.

Answer 16

I agree with Angela but even so I normally give stepped responses to a student's question, but hey Polpak lighten up here, do not be so judgemental tht is a sign of a doomed teacher!

Answer 17

I'm not judging the student. I'm judging the tutors.

Answer 18

Well do not judge anyone. Who you to judge? You are not better than anyone else are you? These kids want help and we help them. You chose to start criticising people on a question that needed little 'teaching' input juyst an explanation of how to find the answer. They are not cheating on their homework either, the majority, that is, they just want help. SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO HELP THEM, HELP THEM AND GET OVER YOURSELF.

Answer 19

And if you actually helped I would have no issue. But you don't. You give answers that they could often just as easily arrive at by looking at the back of the book or typing the problem into wolframalpha. Helping requires some explanation. Not '4', or 'it's 1', or any of the other edifying explanations given here.

Answer 20

Polpak you are missing the point here or you are trying to stir something up. Why not try this, show the student in teaching terms how to answer this question. I promise not to judge your efforts :{)