Question

What is the degree of the expression given below?
3x² - 2x6 + x8 -1

Answer 1

In polynomial expressions, the degree is equal to the highest degree of the unknown.

For example, if the largest term in a polynomial expression is
`x^6`, the degree of the expression is
`6.`

Let's write the expression in the question.

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  `3x^2-2x^6+x^8-1`

Since the highest-order term in the expression is
`x^8`, the answer must be
`8`.