Question

What are the degree and leading coefficient of the polynomial?
-10u-8u^3+5-12u^4

Answer 1

Which exponent is greatest?

Answer 2

4 =)

Answer 3

Yes, so that is the degree, and what term is the exponent of 4 from?

Answer 4

oh wow it's that easy? =D they made it seem so complicated in the explanation!

Answer 5

Yep, and the leading coefficient is the term that has the highest exponent in it.

Answer 6

They do that in porpuse to try to cunfuse you. I don't know why :(

Answer 7

Lol

Answer 8

Thank you! @iGreen. and yeah math isn't my strong area but usually i'll read the explanation and try to apply it to the other problems too but some of these really confuse me thanks guys for helping me =)