Algebra Examples

$17 x^{3} + 3 x^{2} - 2 x - 2 y^{4} - 1$

Step 1

Identify the exponents on the variables in each term, and add them together to find the degree of each term.

$17 x^{3} \to 3$

$3 x^{2} \to 2$

$- 2 x \to 1$

$- 2 y^{4} \to 4$

$- 1 \to 0$

Step 2

The largest exponent is the degree of the polynomial.

$4$