document.write( "Question 126729This question is from textbook Algebra Structure and Method book 1
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document.write( ": This question is from the Oral Exercises section.\r
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document.write( "I have to state degree of each polynomial.\r
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document.write( "{I don't know how to type powers, so I apologize in advance for the poorly copied problem}\r
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document.write( "r{power of 2}s - 3rs{power of 3} + 2r{power of 3}s{power of 2} + s{power of 4}\r
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document.write( "My solution:\r
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document.write( "r= 2-1+3 = 4
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document.write( "s+ 1-3+2+4 + 4\r
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document.write( "Degree of polynomial is 8.\r
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document.write( "Back of book answer is 5.\r
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document.write( "Where did I go wrong? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #92849 by solver91311(24713)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! In the future, just use the ^ mark to denote raising to a power, like this: \n" ); document.write( "r^2s-3rs^3+2r^3s^2+s^4.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "To determine the degree of a polynomial, examine the degree of each of the monomial terms.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The degree of a monomial term is the sum of the exponents contained in the term:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Find the term with the highest degree, and that is then the degree of the overall polynomial.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The highest degree term is the third term which is degree 5, therefore the degree of the polynomial is 5.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |