Question 79100
Write in descending-exponent form and give the degree.
{{{7x^3-6x^4-x^6-4}}}
Descending-exponent form simply means that you put the term with the highest exponent ({{{-x^6}}}) first, followed by the term with the next lowest exponent ({{{-6x^4}}}), and so on. So, it would look like this:
{{{-x^6-6x^4+7x^3-4}}}
The degree of a polynomial, such as you have here, is given by the highest exponent which, in this case, is 6 (from{{{x^6}}}).
So this is a polynomial of the 6th degree.