Question

what is the degree of the polynomial -3x^2yz+x^3y^2+12xy ?

Answer 1

\[-3x^2y^1z^1+x^3y^2+12x^1y^1 \]

Answer 2

this is another way of writing that same expression

Answer 3

the degree of the polynomial is the highest degree of its terms

Answer 4

the degree of a term is found by adding the powers in that term, so for example, \[x^2y^1\]

Answer 5

has a degree of 3

Answer 6

so can you tell me the degree of \[-3x^2y^1z^1\]

Answer 7

4

Answer 8

correct, so apply this method to each term in that expression and the highest one is the degree of the polynomial

Answer 9

since the highest is 5, the degree of polynomial of the above is 5.

Answer 10

yay :)