Question

What is the degree of the monomial 5x^4? A. Degree 20 B. Degree 5 C. Degree 9 D. Degree 4

Answer 1

Solution : Degree 4

Explanation:

We only have one variable in this case, x. Therefore we can take the degree of this variable to be our solution, 4. As you can see x^4 will have a degree of 4, as that is the exponent present.