Wendelin Van Draanen /ËwÉndÉlÉªn vÃ¦n ËdrÉËnÉn/[1] (born January 6, 1965) is an American writer of children's and young-adult fiction.
The degree of a polynomial is a very straightforward concept that is really not hard to understand. Definition: The degree is the term with the greatest exponent. Recall that for y 2, y is the base and 2 is the exponent. Example #1 : 4x 2 + 6x + 5. This polynomial has three terms.
This page contains an applet to help you explore polynomials of degrees up to 5: f(x) = ax5 + bx4 + cx3 + dx2 + ex + f. by changing the values of the coefficients a, b, c, d, e and f. It is not easy to draw any conclusion when you change all 5 coefficients at the same time. You can always reduce the degree (highest power) by setting some parameters to zero. For example if you set parameter a to zero and b to a non zero value, you obtain a polynomial of degree 4.