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What is the degree of the function f(x)=x⁴-5x+8+x²?​

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First put it in decreasing power according to x.

x^4-5x+8+x^2

=x^4+x^2-5x+8

Now this question is asking what is the highest degree of x you see in this function.

4 of course.

Therefore the answer to his question is degree of 4.

Done!

User Sumi Straessle
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