Can someone please help me? i will fan and give a medal :)

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callmekiki · Answer

With what?

anonymous · Answer

it is a math problem and i hae the answer i think but the two problem's is find the degree of each Monomial -5a^2
the second one is Write each polynomial in standard from then name each polynomial based on its degree and number of terms. 4x+3x^2

anonymous · Answer

have* please show how you get your answer answer

bee_see · Answer

For -5a^2, the degree is just 2.

anonymous · Answer

oh wow i put 2 i meant to put 8........would 8 be the degree then?

bee_see · Answer

you can look at this video: http://www.virtualnerd.com/algebra-2/polynomials/exponents-monomials/simplifying-monomial-expressions/monomial-degree-definition

bee_see · Answer

-5a^8? Yes, then.

bee_see · Answer

so for the 2nd one, you need the degree? It's 2.

bee_see · Answer

the other power is 1. The degree of the overall function will be the largest degree.

anonymous · Answer

ok thank you so would this video help with both problems..... i have other problems that are kinda like these but i just wanted to learn how to do it you know.

bee_see · Answer

you can look at this too: http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/degree-expression.html

anonymous · Answer

ok cool. thank you so much :)