Reference no: EM131819544

Given the following function that evaluates a polynomial whose coefficients are stored in an array:

double evaluate(double[] coefficients, double x) {

double result = coefficients[0];

double power = 1; for (int i = 1; i < coefficients.length; i++)

{ power = power * x; result = result + coefficients[i] * power; }

return result; }

Let n be the length of the array. Determine the number of additions and multiplications that are performed in the worst case as a function of n. Many thanks for the help and for clear responses as I have so much to learn!