Question

What is a degree of the polynomial?

Answer 1

@marissalovescats

Answer 2

Whatever the highest power in the polynomial is, that is the degree.

Answer 3

so if there was 5^3,and 7^10 the answer would be 10

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

though a polynomial has variables (letters), and it is the highest power of the variable

so in the simple polynomial
10^3 x^2

the 3 on the 10 does not count. the degree is 2 (the highest (and only) power on the variable)

Answer 6

well i have 3a5 - 2a2b3c + 4ab2 what is the degree, i think its 5

Answer 7

so 8x^2 the degree would be 2 @phi

Answer 8

if a polynomial has more than one variable, then add the powers in each term.
the biggest sum of all the terms is the degree

for example, if a,b,c are variables and you had

ab+a b^2 c

the degree of this polynomial is 4
a b has degree 1+1=2

a b^2 c has degree 1+2+1= 4

Answer 9

for ***well i have 3a5 - 2a2b3c + 4ab2 what is the degree, i think its 5***

it looks like \(2a^2b^3c^1\) has the highest degree, so this term determines the degree of the polynomial

Answer 10

you get 2+3+1= 6

Answer 11

8x^2 is 2 (piece of cake on this one)

Answer 12

so the letters you add the exponents up and then you can tell what the degree is?