Rod says that he is thinking of a one variable polynomial expression that has the following characteristics: a. has a degree of 4b. has three terms c. one of the terms has degree 1d. one of the terms has a coefficient of -5 e. has a y-intercept at 10 What are two different polynomials that Rod could be thinking of? Are those the only possible answers? Please include an explanation or rationale with your response.
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The polynomial has a degree of 4, which means the highest power of the variable (let's use x) is 4. It has three terms, one of which is of degree 1 (which means it's of the form ax, where a is a constant). One of the terms has a coefficient of -5, and the Show more…
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