Algebra Examples

$f (x) = (x - 1) {(x + 1)}^{11}$

Step 1

Simplify and reorder the polynomial.

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Step 1.1

Apply the distributive property.

$x {(x + 1)}^{11} - 1 {(x + 1)}^{11}$

Step 1.2

Rewrite $- 1 {(x + 1)}^{11}$ as $- {(x + 1)}^{11}$ .

$x {(x + 1)}^{11} - {(x + 1)}^{11}$

Step 2

The largest exponent is the degree of the polynomial.

$12$