Question

What are polynomials? What is the degree of a polynomial?

Answer 1

Polynomial :

An algebraic expression involving

the variables with non negative

Integral powers is called a polynomial .

Example :

5x - 1 , 2x²+6x+7, x³ - √2x² + 9x - 10,..

Degree of a polynomial :

The degree of a polynomial is the

highest power of the term in the

polynomial.

Example :

The degree of the polynomial

5x⁴ + 6x³ + 3x² - 7 is 4

•••••

Answer 2

For an expression to be a polynomial term, any variables in the expression must have whole-number power

The degree of a polynomial is the highest of the degrees of its monomials  with non-zero coefficients.