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Please Help me solve this equation: \r\n" );
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document.write( "-6x3y + 4xy2 - 14xy + 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "Every term of a polynomial has a degree.  The whole polynomial also has a\r\n" );
document.write( "degree.  The degree of the polynomial is the same degree as the degree of the\r\n" );
document.write( "term which has the largest degree.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The degree of a term is the number of letters that are multiplied together\r\n" );
document.write( "when you write it without exponents. That is, write the polynomial without\r\n" );
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document.write( "-6xxxy + 4xyy - 14xy + 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "The first term -4xxxy has degree 4 because there are 4 letters multiplied\r\n" );
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document.write( "The second term +4xyy has degree 3 because there are 3 letters multiplied\r\n" );
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document.write( "The third term -14xy has degree 2 because there are 2 letters multiplied\r\n" );
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document.write( "The fourth term +3 has degree 0 because there are NO letters multiplied\r\n" );
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document.write( "The largest degree of all the terms is 4, so the whole polynomial has\r\n" );
document.write( "degree 4.\r\n" );
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