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What is the degree of the polynomial?

What is the degree of the polynomial?-example-1
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Answer:

5

Explanation:

6x^2 + 7x^3 + 8x^5 +9

Write in order from highest power to lowest power

8x^5 + 7x^3 + 6x^2 +9

The highest power ( largest exponent) is 5

The degree of the polynomial is 5

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