document.write( "Question 23345: Why does the degree of x^2+abcx equal 4? \n" ); document.write( "
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Why does the degree of x2 + abcx equal 4?\r\n" );
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document.write( "The degree of a polynomial is the largest number of letters that are\r\n" );
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document.write( "First write out the polynomial without any exponents showing\r\n" );
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document.write( "x2 + abcx\r\n" );
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document.write( "becomes\r\n" );
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document.write( "xx + abcx\r\n" );
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document.write( "The first term has 2 letters multiplied together and the second term \r\n" );
document.write( "has 4 letters multiplied together. 4 is the larger of the two so the \r\n" );
document.write( "degree of the polynomial is 4.\r\n" );
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