How do you find the leading term of $(5x + 1)(3x − 1)(2x + 5)^3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-04T02:02:44

If you expand $(5x + 1)(3x − 1)(2x + 5)^3$ you get

$120x^5+884x^4+2122x^3+1515x^2-400x-125$

Hence the leading term is $120x^5$

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