document.write( "Question 353158: what is the degree of (7x to the 12th power y to the 3rd plus 9x to the sixth y to the third) and why?
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what is the degree of (7x to the 12th power y to the 3rd plus 9x to the sixth y to the third) and why?
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document.write( "\"7x%5E12y%5E3%2B9x%5E6y%5E3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The degree of a polynomial is the largest number of letters you can find\r\n" );
document.write( "multiplied together in any term of the polynomial:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"7x%5E12y%5E3%2B9x%5E6y%5E3\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The longest string of letters multiplied together is\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x%2Ax%2Ax%2Ax%2Ax%2Ax%2Ax%2Ax%2Ax%2Ax%2Ax%2Ax%2Ay%2Ay%2Ay\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "and that's 15, so the degree of \"7x%5E12y%5E3%2B9x%5E6y%5E3\" is 15.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You don't have to string out the letters as I did above.  All\r\n" );
document.write( "you have to do is add up the exponents of the letters in each term.\r\n" );
document.write( "12+3=15 in the first term and 6+3=9 in the second term.  15 is\r\n" );
document.write( "the largest, so the the degree is 15.\r\n" );
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