POLYNOMIALS : LSUS
FURTHER MATHEMATICS SSS2 FIRST TERM
WEEK 3
POLYNOMIALS
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Consider the expressions formed from the sum of integral non-negative powers of a variable x taken together with some numerical constants. Such expressions are called Polynomials.
The general polynomial takes the form anXn + an1Xn1 + … a2X2 + a1X + a0 where a11 an-1…a0(a0 ≠0) are numerical constants.
The numerical constants an’ an1…. a2, a1 are called coefficients of Xn, Xn1, … X2, X respectively while a0 is called the constant term of the polynomial.
The highest power of the variable is n and is called the degree of the polynomial. Let us designate the general polynomial by p(x). Thus:
P(x) =anXn + an-1 Xn-1 + … + a2X2 + a1X + a0.
The following are examples of polynomials:
(a) P1(x) = 3x2 – 2x + 4
(b) P2(x) = 3x4 – 2x2.... View More
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- SOLUTION TO QUADRATIC EQUATION
- TANGENTS AND NORMAL TO CURVES
- POLYNOMIALS
- POLYNOMIAL (CONTINUED)
- CUBIC EQUATIONS AND THEIR FACTORIZATION, GRAPH OF CUBIC EQUATIONS
- REVIEW.
- LOGICAL REASONING.
- TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
- GRAPHS OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTION
- TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES AND GRAPHS OF INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS PYTHAGORAS THEOREM
- Chapters 10
- Category SSS2
- Author ClassNotes Edu
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