What is the leading term, leading coefficient, and degree of this polynomial $f(x)= -5$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-09-22T17:46:40

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Leading term (is the only term) $-5$

Leading coefficient is $-5$

The degree is $0$ . (We can, for most values of $x$ , think of $-5$ as $-5x^0$

What is the leading term, leading coefficient, and degree of this polynomial f(x)= -5f(x)= -5?