Question

Write down the degree of the following polynomial:

$6a^4-a^4{b}^3+a{b}^3+b^4$

• A. 4
• B. 7
• C. 1
• D. 3

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

7

The degree of the following polynomial $6a^4-a^4{b}^3+a{b}^3+b^4$ is $7$.

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.