State the degree of the given polynomial:

7x^8 – 8x^4x – 4

Question

State the degree of the given polynomial:

7x^8 – 8x^4x – 4

anonymous · Answer

8

anonymous · Answer

how did you get that could you please explain?

diyadiya · Answer

degree is the power of the variable (here it is x)
so highest degree here is 8

anonymous · Answer

so does it go by how it is posted from highest to lowest?

anonymous · Answer

So in this expression is the power of 8x is 4x?

aroub · Answer

And maybe if you read this it will help you more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_of_a_polynomial

anonymous · Answer

Why everyone has to come up with a wikipedia link? for everything?

anonymous · Answer

becuase its resourceful?

anonymous · Answer

idk

anonymous · Answer

so is google

anonymous · Answer

ok link me somthing you can read off off google

anonymous · Answer

http://www.google.com/search?q=degree+of+the+given+polynomial%3A+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

anonymous · Answer

then do that for about 8 other things that have nothing to do with each other..

aroub · Answer

lol I don't mean anything really! it just realllly helps to understand things! and 'resourceful' as imasofty said! :P

anonymous · Answer

No, i mean to say, if you know, you can explain here, instead of googling and pasting links, when you don't know.

aroub · Answer

What? No.

anonymous · Answer

someone once told me that i should always use a quote at that end of my papers becuase someone else probably already said it better than you have......if you get that referance i love you

anonymous · Answer

in this expression is the power of 8x is 4x?