Question

What is the degree of the polynomial below? x^6 + 3 – 2x^2 + 4x^7 – 4x A. 7 B. 5 C. 4 D. 6

Answer 1

A. Even though they are out of order, the highest power is a 7

Answer 2

The degree of the polynomial is 7.

Explanation:

Since, degree of the polynomial is the highest power of its monomials (individual terms) with non-zero coefficients.

Here, the given polynomial is,

`x^6 + 3 - 2x^2 + 4x^7 - 4x`

Since, the highest power of the variable in the polynomial is 7.

Hence, the degree of the polynomial is 7.