Discussion Topic In the past, you've seen linear and quadratic equations and their graphs. A
linear equation is a polynomial of order 1, which means that the greatest
exponent for a variable is 1. A quadratic equation is a polynomial of order 2.
In what types of situations could you make use of polynomials of order 3 or
higher? How would the graphs of these polynomials change? How would
they change if there was a variable in a denominator of an equation? What if
the variable was part of an exponent?