“What do these definitions have in common? How are they different?

the effect of the ming leaders banning ships with more than two masts was that there was no further construction of ships masts, because there was a surplus. ming emperors disallowed foreign exploration

the constitution gives congress the power to regulate commerce "among" the several states.

discrimination! they faced a lot of racism

1) the degree of the function is odd, so the ends of the graph continue in opposite directions. because the leading coefficient is positive, the left side of the graph continues down the coordinate plane and the right side continues upward.