Question

What is the degree of the following polynomial expression:

$9x^{\frac{2}{3}}-3x+4$

• A. 2
• B. 3
• C. 1
• D. $\frac{2}{3}$

Answer 1

The correct option is C 1

The degree of a polynomial is the highest degree of its monomials (individual terms) with non-zero coefficients. The degree of a term is the sum of the exponents of the variables that appear in it, and thus is a non-negative integer.

But $9x^{\frac{2}{3}}-3x+4$u−12+3u+2 is not a polynomial because it does not satisfies the conditions of a polynomial and hence its degree is not defined.