You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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?
The degree of a polynomial is the largest number of letters you can find
multiplied together in any term of the polynomial:
The longest string of letters multiplied together is
and that's 15, so the degree of is 15.
You don't have to string out the letters as I did above. All
you have to do is add up the exponents of the letters in each term.
12+3=15 in the first term and 6+3=9 in the second term. 15 is
the largest, so the the degree is 15.
Edwin
