The equation y = 5x3 + 8 represents function.

A polynomial is a sum of terms with nonnegative whole-number powers of x. In y = 5x³ + 8, the terms have powers 3 and 0, so the function is a polynomial. It is not a power function of the form y = axᵇ because of the added constant 8.

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