Degree of an expanded polynomial
Read the highest power with a non-zero coefficient in an expanded polynomial.
- The degree is the highest power of
with a non-zero coefficient. - The position of a term in the expression does not determine its degree.
- A non-zero constant has degree 0. The zero polynomial has no defined degree in this convention.
Example 1
An ordered expression
State the degree of the polynomial.
Example 2
An unordered expression
Find the degree of the polynomial.
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