Curvey graph

Algebra Level 3

What is the minimum degree of the polynomial that will produce the above graph?

5 4 2 3

Chung Kevin by Chung Kevin , 45, Australia

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2 solutions

Andy Wong
Oct 9, 2015

The minimum degree of a polynomial function is one more than the number of extrema in the function. There are three extrema (2 local minima and 1 local maximum), so you know that the degree is at least 3 + 1, or 4.

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Atul Shivam
Oct 10, 2015

minimum degree should be 4 in order to give a graph of 3 critical points , as in above graph there are 3 critical points

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