document.write( "Question 541161: okay so thequestion sais what is the degree of 6/t^3−9t^5+3 i figured the leading coefficient was -9 and thedreaag was 5 but it said that was wrong so i tried to factor out T63 by moving theothernumbersto the other side and getting 6/t^3 alone and crossmultiply to get a degree of 8 but that also did not help. so I am stuck now \n" ); document.write( "

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$\"6%2Ft%5E3-9t%5E5%2B3\"$ (as you wrote it) is not a polynomial.
\n" ); document.write( "Just in case, $\"6%2F%28t%5E3-9t%5E5%2B3%29\"$ is not a polynomial either.
\n" ); document.write( "(Negative exponents and variables in denominators are not allowed in polynomials).
\n" ); document.write( "So degree is not defined for such expressions.
\n" ); document.write( "As you wrote it, there is no equal sign, so there is no \"other side.\"
\n" ); document.write( "If it were polynomial $\"6t%5E3-9t%5E5%2B3\"$ , the leading coefficient would be -9 and the degree would be 5, like you thought.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"y=6%2F%28t%5E3-9t%5E5%2B3%29\"$ and $\"y=6%2Ft%5E3-9t%5E5%2B3\"$ are rational functions.
\n" ); document.write( "My guess is that you are taking an online course, and someone messed up when entering the questions and answers. As one of my sons attended an online charter school, I am familiar with that phenomenon. (I assume that typos happen in printed problems given to students in brick-and-mortar schools, too, but I could not see every mistake that happened in school when my children attended them). \n" ); document.write( "

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