The degree of the polynomial is
1
2
3
4
Introduction -
Each real number ai is called a coefficient. The number a0 that is not multiplied by a variable is called a constant. Each product is a term of a polynomial. The highest power of the variable that occurs in the polynomial is called the degree of a polynomial. The leading term is the term with the highest power, and its coefficient is called the leading coefficient.
Example
(i) is a polynomial in of degree 1
(ii) is a polynomial in of degree 2
(iii) is a polynomial in of degree 3
(iv) is a polynomial in of degree 4
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The degree of the polynomial is 2.