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NSWMaths Extension 1Quick questions
Year 11: Polynomials
Quick questions on The language of polynomials: degree, leading term, monic, sums and products, and equating coefficients
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What is the zero polynomial?Show answer
The constant polynomial has degree as long as . The single exception is the zero polynomial . It has every coefficient equal to zero, so it has no leading term, and therefore it has no degree at all. It is not "degree "; it is the one polynomial with no degree.
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