What is the degree of the polynomial #x^5 + 1 - 3x^4 + 3x^9 - 2x#?
1 Answer
May 12, 2015
This polynomial has a degree of 9.
The degree of a polynomial is the highest power of the unknown with a non-zero coeficient.
This expresion has unknown x raised to the 5th, 4th, 9th and 1st power