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Identify whether the function graphed below has an odd or even degree and a positive or negative leading coefficient.

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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It's EVEN since both ends point in the same direction. As you head to infinity, you see all other values of the X powers eventually become zero in comparison to the largest power of X. Since it gets really large no matter the sign of the X, the largest power of X has to be even, it erases the sign of X (-1^2 = 1 :D) It's also positive since it eventually becomes infinity once X gets large enough. If it was heading to negative infinity, it'd be negative. So the answer is C

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