Question

What is the coefficient of the term of degree 7 in the polynomial below? 4 + 6x^7 + 10x - 5x^6 - 2x5

Answer 1

This is in fact a polynomial of degree 7 since 7 is the highest exponent.  Written correctly, these would be in order from highest degree to lowest.  The coefficient (or number) that goes with the 7th degree term is a 6.