Question

The polynomial p(x)=1−2x2−3x3+4x has what order?

a. 4
b. 2
c. 3
d. 1

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

Given the polynomial : p(x)=1−2x2−3x3+4x

Rearranging : p(x) = -3x³ - 2x² + 4x + 1

Looking at the polynomial Given, we can see that it is a univariate polynomial, that is it has only one variable which is x. Thus for polynomials of this sort, the order of the polynomial is the highest exponent occurring in the polynomial equation. Therefore, the order of the polynomial above is 3, because the highest power of the function is 3.

This means that those with 4 as their highest exponent are of order 4 and those with highest exponent as 2 are of order 2.