Operations on Polynomials

Which of the following is a 5th degree trinomial with a leading coefficient of -2? 

• -2x⁵ + 3x - 1
• 5x^-2 +3x - 1
• -2x⁵ + 3x⁴ + 2x³ + x² - 10
• 2x + 5

What is the degree of the polynomial function
P(x)=3x⁴-7x²-2x⁷-x+4?

• 4
• 7
• 2
• 1

Factor
27x³-64

• (3x-4)(9x²+12x+16)
• (3x-4)(9x²-12x+16)
• (3x+4)(9x²-12x+16)
• (3x+4)(9x²+12x+16)

Factor:
 x³-12x²+47x-60=0 when 5 is a root.

• (x-3)(x-4)(x-5)=0
• (x+1)(x-4)(x-5)=0
• (x-3)(x-4)(2x-5)=0
• (x-5)(x-4)(x-5)=0

• 2
• 1
• 4
• None

Give the correct name for
-3x⁴-3x²+5

• Constant Trinomial
• Quartic Trinomial
• quadratic Trinomial
• Linear Trinomial

Factor Completely: 4x² - 20x + 25

• (4x - 25) (x -1)
• (2x + 5) (2x - 5)
• (2x - 5)²
• (4x - 5) (x - 5)

What does multiplicity of a zero mean?

• Look at the number of terms
• How many times the zero repeats
• Find the sum of all the coefficients
• Ratio your x and y

Graph the function f(x) = x³ + x² - 4x -4.

• A
• B
• C
• D

Determine the end behavior of the graph of 
f(x) = -3x³ + 2x - x⁴

• As x →∞, f(x) →∞.
  As x→-∞, f(x) →-∞.
• As x →∞, f(x) →∞.
  As x→-∞, f(x) →∞.
• As x →∞, f(x) →-∞.
  As x→-∞, f(x) →∞.
• As x →∞, f(x) →-∞.
  As x→-∞, f(x) →-∞.