What is the degree of $-5x^2(x-7)(x+1)^3=0$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-07-13T21:29:38

The result will be a polynomial of degree $6$

If you multiply polynomials the resulting polynomial will have a degree equal to sum of degrees of the factors.

In this case you have 3 polynomials of degrees: 2,1 and 3, so the result will be a polynomial of degree $2+1+3=6$

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