Question

Explain how to find the degree of a polynomial.

Answer 1

The Degree of a Polynomial is the largest of the degrees of the individual terms. Add the degrees of the variables of each term to decide what is the Degree of the Polynomial. Degree of term 1 is 2 (1+1= 2), Degree of term 2 is 6 (2+4 = 6), Degree of term 3 is 7 (5+2 = 7) 7 is the Degree of the Polynomial.

Answer 2

The degree of a polynomial is the highest number as an exponent in a term, for example, 5x^3+5x^2, 3 is the degree. To find it, you need to either just find the highest number or add up multiple degrees in one term. An example of this is 5x^3y^3+4x^3y^2. Since 3+3=6 and 3+2=5, the first term has the highest degree.