Group Problem 5 The illustration shows the graph of a polynomial function. y x (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) Is the degree of the polynomial even or odd? Is the leading coefficient positive or negative? Is the function even, odd, or neither? Why is ( x 3)2 necessarily a factor of the polynomial? What is the minimum degree of the polynomial? Make up three different polynomials whose graphs could look like the one shown. Compare yours to those of other group members. What similarities do you see? What differences