Question

For the expression 4x^3y^5a + 7bc , the degree is

Answer 1

ANSWER

$9$

EXPLANATION

The degree of a polynomial expression is the maximum of all the degrees of the terms in the expression.

The given expression is:

$4x^3y^5a+7bc$

The first term in the expression has a degree of:

$\begin{gathered} 3+5+1 \\ \\ 9 \end{gathered}$

The second term in the expression has a degree of:

$\begin{gathered} 1+1 \\ \\ 2 \end{gathered}$

Hence, the degree of the expression is 9.