FAN AND MEDAL

State the degree of the polynomial.

xy^3 + 3x^2y – 7

A.
3

B.
2

C.
1

D.
4

Question

FAN AND MEDAL

State the degree of the polynomial.

 

    xy^3 + 3x^2y – 7
  
 
 

 
 

  

  A. 
  3   
   

 
 

  

  B. 
  2   
   

 
 

  

  C. 
  1   
   

 
 

  

  D. 
  4

xguardians · Answer

A) 3
Reason is its the highest degree xy^3 so the degree of the whole polynomial is 3.

anonymous · Answer

It's actually not A. You have to combine the orders of each variable.

anonymous · Answer

Yeah so it would be D

xguardians · Answer

@RyanE what do you mean by that? I just learned this stuff and nowhere did it say combine orders :o

anonymous · Answer

http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/degree-expression.html

anonymous · Answer

@RyanE  is correct, I had done this before and got it wrong cause I did it the same way you did. Yu do have to combine first