SOLUTION: How do you tell what degree a polynomial is?

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: How do you tell what degree a polynomial is? This question is from textbook Mathematics1

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Degree of polynomial is the term which has the highest exponent.

for example the polynomial : s%5E3%2B2s%5E2%2B5 has degree 3.

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