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What is meant by the degree of a function?

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Answer:

The highest power of a variable in a function is known as its degree.

Explanation:

Examples:

x + 5 is 1st degree, since x is to the power of 1.

5
x^(3) + 3x + 5 is 3rd degree.


x^(21) +99 is 21st degree.

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