Question 251794
The degree of any monomial is just the sum of all of the exponents. So the degree of {{{3x^2y^6z^3}}} is {{{2+6+3=11}}} and the degree of {{{2x^5y^3z^7}}} is {{{5+3+7=15}}}. The degrees of 7 and {{{3x^5}}} are 0 and 5 respectively. 



The degree of the entire polynomial is the largest degree of all of the monomials present. So the degree of {{{3x^2y^6z^3 + 2x^5y^3z^7 - 77 + 3x^5}}} is 15 since this is the largest degree among the individual monomials.