Identify the degree of each term of the polynomial and the degree of the polynomial.

-9x³ + 6x² + 2x + 2
The degree of the 1st term is 3 because its exponent of the variable x is 3,
The degree of the 2nd term is 2 because its exponent of the variable x is 2.
The degree of the 3rd term is 1 because its exponent of the variable x is 1.
The degree of the 4th term is 0 because x0 equals 1, and so you
could write 2 as 2x0 and if it were written that way, the exponent
of the variable would be 0.
The degree of the polynomial is 3 because the largest degree of all the terms
is 3.

Edwin