SOLUTION: Short Answer. State the degree of the following polynomial: 2x3y + 7xy – 9y

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Question 485567: Short Answer. State the degree of the following polynomial: 2x3y + 7xy – 9y
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you mean



the degree is 4 (leftmost term has degree 3+1 = 4).


Or, if you mean

then the degree is 2; or if it's then it is not a polynomial in x or y; degree is zero.