Question

What is the degree of the given monomial $7y$?

• A. $0$
• B. $1$
• C. $2$
• D. $7$

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

$1$

We know that the degree is the term with the greatest exponent and,

To find the degree of a monomial with more than one variable for the same term, just add the exponents for each variable to get the degree.

Here, the given monomial $7y$ has one variable $y$ where the power of $y$ is $1$. Therefore degree of the monomial $7y$ is:

$1$ (The exponent of the variable)

Hence, the degree of the monomial $7y$ is $1$.