Question

Write the degree of the following polynomial:

$5y+\sqrt{2}$

Answer 1

Let $p\left(y\right)=5y+\sqrt{2}$

The degree of a polynomial is the highest power of $y$ in its expression.

Constant (non-zero) polynomials, linear polynomials, quadratics, cubics and quartics are polynomials of degree 0, 1, 2 , 3 and 4 respectively.

Highest power of $y$ in $p\left(y\right)$ is $=1$

Hence Degree $=1$