Question

Please help :)
State the degree: 5r^2s^3t^4

Answer 1

Is it 3 or 4? Because it's a product and I read that that makes it 3 not 4

Answer 2

it's not 3 or 4
to find the degree, add the exponents together

Answer 3

What? I thought it was the highest degree

Answer 4

if we have multiple terms added or subtracted, then yes, it would be the highest degree

but we only have one term here, so we add the exponents together

Answer 5

ohh so is it 9?

Answer 6

right!

you can review the rules for degrees here http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/degree-expression.html

Answer 7

Okay thank you so much :)