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MHF4U Learning Activity 1.15 Unit 1 Assignment

Rod says that he is thinking of a one variable polynomial expression that has the following characteristics:

a. has a degree of 4 b. has three terms c. one of the terms has degree 1 d. one of the terms has a coefficient of -5 e. has a y-intercept at 10

What are two different polynomials that Rod could be thinking of? Are those the only possible answers? Please include an explanation or rationale with your response.

2 Create a question similar to #1 above, and provide a description of how a teacher could check that a student's response was correct.