SOLUTION: find the degree of the following polynomail {{{3x^2y+4x^5y^3-7x^4}}}

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Question 141032: find the degree of the following polynomail 3x%5E2y%2B4x%5E5y%5E3-7x%5E4
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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The degree of a polynomial is the most number of 
variables multiplied together in any of the terms:

3x%5E2y%2B4x%5E5y%5E3-7x%5E4

means

3xxy%2B4xxxxxyyy-7xxxx

The first term has 3 variables multiplied together.
The second term has 8 variables multiplied together.
The third term has 4 variables multiplied together.

The largest of those is 8.
So the degree of the polynomial is 8.

[A short way to count the number of variables multiplied
toghether in a term is to just to add the exponents of 
the variables in that term.]

Edwin