How do you find leading coefficient.

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letovanjelm · Accepted Answer

By definition, the leading coefficient of a polynomial is the coefficient of the term with the highest degree. So, u need to findthe degree of each term in a polynomial. The highest degree term gives u the leading coefficient.
For example, consider the polynomial

3 x^{2} y^{3} + 2 x^{5} y - 7 x y^{3}

. The degree of a term is the sum of the exponents on the variables in that term. This means that the degree of

3 x^{2} y^{3}

is 2 + 3 or 5, of

2 x^{5} y

is 6, and of

7 x y^{3}

is 4.
The highest degree is of the second term whose coefficient is 2. Thus, the leading coefficient of

3 x^{2} y^{3} + 2 x^{5} y - 7 x y^{3}

is 2.

blogswput · Accepted Answer

leading coefficient: The coefficient of a polynomial's leading term
since the polynomial's leading term in your question is

x^{3}

with coefficient of 1, therefore the leading coefficient = 1

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