Question

What is the leading coefficient of the polynomial f(x)f(x) defined below? f(x)=−3x^4−10x^3

Answer 1

Answer:

9x^8

Step-by-step explanation:

f(x) is a binomial.  Multiplying a binomial by itself results in a trinomial.  In this problem we need ONLY to specify what the leading coefficient (coefficient of this trinomial product) is.

Here this is obtained by squaring the coefficient −3x^4.  We get"

(-3)^2*(x^4)^2  =  9x^8