Question

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

Answer 1

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`