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In this exercise, determine whether the statement is true or false. If it is false, explain why or give an example that shows it is false.

Each antiderivative of an nn th-degree polynomial function is an (n+1)(n+1) th-degree polynomial function.

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True, consider the highest degree polynomial xnx^n whose antiderivative is

xn=xn+1n+1+C\int x^n=\frac{x^{n+1}}{n+1}+C

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