find the degree of the polynomial with the terms
y= 3x^4-2x^3+3

Question

find the degree of the polynomial with the terms
y= 3x^4-2x^3+3

anonymous · Answer

i understand degree is largest exponent so it would be 4 but what is the term?

anonymous · Answer

y=k(x)^p if the degree is p the term is k(x)^p

anonymous · Answer

3x^4

anonymous · Answer

ohh okay so the term would be the entire 3x^4?

anonymous · Answer

actually i think the terms may be 3 right? since their are 3 parts to the equation

anonymous · Answer

no 3 would be called a coefficient

anonymous · Answer

let me enter it on my hw hopefully its correct

anonymous · Answer

3x is is the term. 4 is the degree

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

for y= 3x^4-2x^3+3, the leading term is 3x^4 (since it's the first term)

the leading coefficient is 3 (it's the coefficient of the leading term)

the degree is the exponent of the leading term, so the degree is 4

the degree is equal to the largest exponent (for any polynomial with a single variable)

anonymous · Answer

it was wrong..it says the term was actually 3 even though i am still not sure why?
says the answer was degree=4
term=3

anonymous · Answer

maybe the question was just worded strangely

ranga · Answer

3x^4-2x^3+3

first term is: 3x^4
second term is: -2x^3
third term is: 3

Total number of terms = 3

Sometimes also called a trinomial (three terms)

If there are just two terms it is called a binomial

one term: monomial.

anonymous · Answer

okay thanks for the explenation

ranga · Answer

yw.