Question

Find the degree of a polynomial 4x3y-3y4z+z² x​

Answer 1

Answer:

The degree of a polynomial is equal to the highest degree of any individual term within the polynomial. The degree of a term is found by adding together the exponents of the variable's within the term.

8

x

3

y

2

has a degree of

3

+

2

=

5

.

−

10

x

y

has a degree of

1

+

1

=

2

.

4

x

2

y

2

has a degree of

2

+

2

=

4

.

3

has a degree of

0

, because it has no variable component.

The highest degree of any individual term within this polynomial is

5

, so the degree of the polynomial is also

5

.