SOLUTION: hi can someone help me please? show all work please! thank you. It says Find the degree and number of terms of each polynomial 4p^5-p^3+p^2+11 thanks!!

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Question 847144: hi can someone help me please?
show all work please! thank you.
It says Find the degree and number of terms of each polynomial
4p^5-p^3+p^2+11
thanks!!
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, Alan3354:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
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The leading term is the first term (when the terms are sorted properly). The leading term is 4p^5.

The degree is the exponent of the leading term (basically the largest exponent of the polynomial. This only works if there is one variable). The degree is 5 since the exponent for the leading term is 5.

There are 4 terms and they are: 4p^5, -p^3, p^2, 11

Basically each term is separated by a + sign

Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the degree and number of terms of each polynomial
4p^5-p^3+p^2+11
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The degree is the largest exponent, 5
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The terms are separated by + and minus signs. Count them.