Question

What is the degree of the following polynomial expression:

$\frac{5}{3}{x}^3+7x+16$

• A. 2
• B. 3
• C. 1
• D. $\frac{5}{3}$

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

3

Clearly, the degree of the polynomial expression $\frac{5}{3}{x}^3+7x+16$ is $3$.7.

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.