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Homework Form G
5-1 Polynomial Functions

Write each polynomial in standard form. Then classify it by degree and by number of terms.

1. 1 − 2s + 5s4 2. 5m2 − 3m2 3. x2 + 3x − 4x3

4. a3(a2 + a + 1) 5. x(x + 5) − 5(x + 5) 6. p(p − 5) + 6

2 2 2 x4 + 4 x − 5 3 − z5
7. +s 8. 9.
3 4 3

Determine the end behavior of the graph of each polynomial function.

10. y = 3x4 + 6x3 − x2 + 12 11. y = 50 − 3x3 + 5x2 12. y = −x + x2 + 2

13. y = 5 + 2x + 7x2 − 5x3 14. y = 20 − 5x6 + 3x − 11x3 15. y = 6x + 25 + 4x4 − x2

Describe the shape of the graph of each cubic function by determining the end
behavior and number of turning points.
16. y = x3 + 4x 17. y = −2x3 + 3x − 1 18. y = 5x3 + 6x2
Determine the degree of the polynomial function with the given data.

19. x y 20. x y
–2 –16 –2 52
–1 1 –1 6
0 4 0 2
1 5 1 4
2 16 2 48

Determine the sign of the leading coefficient and the minimum degree of the
polynomial function for each graph. (The degrees will be 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th)
21. 22. 23.

24. Error Analysis A student claims the function y = 3x4 − x3 + 7 is a fourth-degree


polynomial with end behavior of down and down. Describe the error the student made.
What is wrong with this statement?

25. The table at the right shows data representing a polynomial function.
a. What is the degree of the polynomial function?
x y
–3 –999

b. What are the differences when they are constant? –2 –140


–1 –7
0 0
1 1
2 116
3 945
Provide the requested information. Graph each function. Find at least one x value in between each of
the zeroes.

26. f (x) = −(x − 5)(2x + 1)(x + 2)

a) Roots ______________________

b) x-intercepts ______________________

c) y-intercepts ______________________

d) Intervals of x where:

i) f (x )  0 ______________________

ii) f (x )  0 ______________________

27. f (x) = (x + 3)(x + 1)(3 − x)(x − 1)

a) Roots ______________________

b) x-intercepts ______________________

c) y-intercepts ______________________

d) Intervals of x where:

i) f (x )  0 ______________________

ii) f (x )  0 ______________________

28. f ( x ) = ( x − 3)( 2 − x )( x + 1)
2

a) Roots ______________________

b) x-intercepts ______________________

c) y-intercepts ______________________

d) Intervals of x where:

i) f (x )  0 ______________________

ii) f (x )  0 ______________________

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