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Basically, a rational expression is one that can be written as one polynomial, divided by another polynomial.
A rational function is the quotient of two polynomial functions.
Thee basic concept is that an rational function is one polynomial divided by another polynomial. The coefficients of these polynomials need not be rational numbers.
A polynomial function is simply a function that is made of one or more mononomials. For example 4x^2+3x-5 A rational function is when a polynomial function is divided by another polynomial function.
Since the question did not specify a rational polynomial, the answer is a polynomial of degree 3.