Question

What is the degree of the given monomial $x{y}^2{z}^2$?

• A. $3$
• B. $4$
• C. $5$
• D. $6$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $5$

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 $x{y}^2{z}^2$ has three variables $x,y$ and $z$ where the power of $x$ is $1$, power of $y$and $z$ is $2$. Therefore degree of the monomial $x{y}^2{z}^2$ is:

$1+2+2=5$ (Adding the exponents of both the variables)

Hence, the degree of the monomial $x{y}^2{z}^2$ is $5$.