Question

What is the degree of the polynomial (y-2) (y + 1).​

Answer 1

Answer:

2

Explanation:

degree of the polynomial (y-2)(y+1) is 2

Answer 2

Given

A polynomial is given as (y-2) (y + 1)

To find:

The degree of the polynomial.

Solution:

First let us expand the polynomial so that we can find out the degree of the polynomial:

(y-2) (y + 1) = y^2 - y - 2 = 0

The degree of the polynomial is the highest exponential power present in the polynomial.

Thus the polynomial given in the question has the highest degree of 2, hence the degree of the polynomial is 2.

The degree of the given polynomial is 2.