SOLUTION: What is the degree of the polynomial x^12-5x^4?

Question 84791: What is the degree of the polynomial x^12-5x^4?
Found 2 solutions by mszlmb, bucky:
Answer by mszlmb(115) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A polynomial is X^a so long as a>1
So X² is a polynomial of the second degree, X³ of the third degree, and so on.
X¹²-5X⁴ is a 12^th degree polynomial (The highest polynomial counts)
Answer by bucky(2189) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The degree is the same as the biggest exponent. So this is a degree 12 polynomial.
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