Algebra Examples

$6 x^{5} y^{4} - y^{5} x^{2} + 6$

Step 1

Identify the exponents on the variables in each term, and add them together to find the degree of each term.

$6 x^{5} y^{4} \to 9$

$- y^{5} x^{2} \to 7$

$6 \to 0$

Step 2

The largest exponent is the degree of the polynomial.

$9$