SOLUTION: By looking at the first term of a polynomial, I can determine its degree. yes or no explain and give me example if you can thanks.

Question 356779: By looking at the first term of a polynomial, I can determine its degree.
yes or no explain and give me example if you can thanks.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No, not necessarily.
The degree of the polynomial is the largest exponent of x.
So in this polynomial,

The first term of is and the degree is .
However,

The first term of is , however the degree is .
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