Question

in a polynomial 5x^3-8x+x^3+9 is
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Answer 1

The polynomial ax

3

+bx

2

+cx+d=0 is in standard form.

On comparing 5x

3

−8x

2

+4x with the standard form, the power of the first term is 3, the power of the second term is 2 and the power of the third term is 1. Since the polynomial has the largest exponent, that is 3 which is the degree of the polynomial.

Hence, the degree of the polynomial is 3