Graphing higher degree polynomial functions can be more
complicated than graphing linear and a
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functions. Polynomial graphs can be graphs of functions where
the degree of the highest term is greater than one. When we
graph polynomials with varying degrees it is easier to identify
the end behavior, shape and turning points. The graphs of some
basic polynomials, so for this part we're going to look at the
graph of some polynomials and some of these are going to be
familiar to you some of them not but we're going to go through
the same process just to make sure we understand how we got the
basic graphs for all these okay. So right here I have f of x is
equal to x okay so you should hopefully recognize this outline
but we're going to go through the process just so you see
exactly how we get these points. So over here I have a table I
have certain values of x and certain values for f of x divide