The degree of a polynomial is determined by adding the exponents of each term and taking the highest total. To find the degree of a polynomial with multiple variables, add the exponents of each variable in a term and the term with the highest total exponent is the degree of the polynomial.
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1. Degree of a Polynomial
How do you find the degree of a polynomial
with multiple variables?
2. Steps
Add the exponents together of each monomial.
The highest degree found is the degree of the
polynomial.
The degree of the polynomial above is 7.