Feng shui and the Chinese zodiac both have roots in the I Ching, the ancient Chinese text that helps people determine lucky dates, among other predictions. Each year, Ng analyzes how the Chinese zodiac will affect everything from the global political climate to what the world's health will look like in the coming months.
The degree of a polynomial function is the highest exponent to which the dependent variable is raised. For example, f(x) = 4x 5 â x 2 + 5 is a fifth-degree polynomial, because its highest exponent is 5.
Graph D: This has six bumps, which is too many. On top of that, this is an odd-degree graph, since the ends head off in opposite directions. This can't be a sixth-degree polynomial. Graph E: From the end-behavior, I can tell that this graph is from an even-degree polynomial.