somewhat ,you can take it that way....but,the even powers shouldn't be ignored at all...as you require to know at least the pt. where the sign dosen't change...,
lets take an example...
if in a fn. there's a pt. -1 which has the even power...but in the denominator -1 (if included),gives us an indefinite value...so its clear not to include it in the values of x...
f(x)={(x+1) 4 (x-3/5)3 / (x+1)}..
you solve it and decide does the even powers can really be ignored.....
i'm sure you will find this useful..
keep smiling..............