Question

Write the degree of the following polynomial:
$-5x{y}^2$

Answer 1

We know that degree of a polynomial is the highest degree of its terms when the polynomial is expressed in its canonical form consisting of a linear combination of monomials. The degree of a term is the sum of the exponents of the variables that appear in it.

Then degree of polynomial $-5x{y}^2$ is 2+1=3

Then degree of $-5x{y}^2$ is 3