Question

what will be the degree of a polynomial having multiple variable

Ex what is the degree of 5x^3y^4

Answer 1

Given polynomial is p (x) = 5x³ y⁴

Here 5 is constant and so degree is 0, degree of x is 3 and degree of y is 4.

Hence the degree of polynomial p (x) = 3 + 4 = 7.