Question

The degree of the expression 4x^5 * y^m * z is 10. What is the value of m?

Answer 1

Do you know the definition of degree first off?

Answer 2

Isn't degree the number on top?

Answer 3

@doulikepiecauseidont

Answer 4

With a monomial like this one (that has more than one variable), you add the exponents to get the degree of the monomial.

Answer 5

so m would be 2? @jim_thompson5910

Answer 6

4x^5 * y^m * z

is the same as

4x^5 * y^m * z^1

Answer 7

The degree of a polynomial is the highest degree of its terms, when the polynomial is expressed in canonical form (i.e., as a linear combination of monomials)
for e.g.\[7x ^{2}y ^{3}\] . It has a degree of 5 (the sum of the powers 2 and 3).

Answer 8

add the exponents:

5+m+1

set this equal to 10 because we want the degree to be 10

5+m+1 = 10

solve for m

Answer 9

ahhhh so its 4 :D @jim_thompson5910 Thanks everyone for answering

Answer 10

correct