Precalculus Examples

$h (t) = 40 t - 16 t^{2}$

Step 1

Reorder $40 t$ and $- 16 t^{2}$ .

$h (t) = - 16 t^{2} + 40 t$

Step 2

Identify the exponents on the variables in each term, and add them together to find the degree of each term.

$- 16 t^{2} \to 2$

$40 t \to 1$

Step 3

The largest exponent is the degree of the polynomial.

$2$

Step 4

The maximum number of possible roots is the degree of $- 16 t^{2} + 40 t$ .

$2$