How do you figure out which degree a polynomial is?

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anonymous · Answer

polynomial f(x)=...... highest power in the equation is the degree 
example 2x^2+2x+2 highest degree is 2 therefore degree of polynomial is 2

maheshmeghwal9 · Answer

By seeing the highest power of the variable in a polynomial
& that power is the degree of that polynomial.

anonymous · Answer

By now, you should be familiar with variables and exponents, and you may have dealt with expressions like 3x4 or 6x. Polynomials are sums of these "variables and exponents" expressions. Each piece of the polynomial, each part that is being added, is called a "term". Polynomial terms have variables which are raised to whole-number exponents (or else the terms are just plain numbers); there are no square roots of variables, no fractional powers, and no variables in the denominator of any fractions.

anonymous · Answer

Give the degree of the following polynomial:  2x5 – 5x3 – 10x + 9

    This polynomial has four terms, including a fifth-degree term, a third-degree term, a first-degree term, and a constant term.

anonymous · Answer

so if the expression was 5x^6 + 2x^3 + 3x^2 − 4, it would be sixth degree?

anonymous · Answer

Degree is the exponent of the independent variable having highest power.
Eg - $$x ^{3}-11x^{2}-11x+6$$ has degree 3.

anonymous · Answer

yes 6 degrees @aspenmae