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document.write( "To find the degree, write it without exponents, like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "3x3y4 + 5x2y3 - 4xy3\r\n" );
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document.write( "3xxxyyyy + 5xxyyy - 4xyyy\r\n" );
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document.write( "The degree is the number of letters in the longest string of letters\r\n" );
document.write( "multiplied together.  The first term has 7 letters multiplied together,\r\n" );
document.write( "xxxyyyy, 5 letters xxyyy are multiplied together in the 2nd term, and \r\n" );
document.write( "4 letters xyyy in the third term, so the degree of the polynomial is the\r\n" );
document.write( "length of the longest string of variables multiplied together, which is 7.\r\n" );
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document.write( "[Instead of stringing the variables out you can just add the exponents.]\r\n" );
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