Find the degree of each term. The greatest degree is the degree of the polynomial.
e.g. the degree of x2+x+1 is 2, the degree of x3+x2+x+1 is 3 etc
13 is not a polynomial.
The degree of a polynomial is the highest power that appears in the polynomial. For more than one variable, you must add the powers for each variable, for example, a3b2 is of degree 3 + 2 = 5.
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A single polynomial cannot have a greatest commonfactor. There is nothing that it will be in common with!
B
a
Factors
Trigonometric functions are calculated using a polynomial approximation. The exact polynomial used may be different on different calculators.
You can find explanation and examples here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynomial_division
(b+8)(b+8)
The area is the amount of space in a 2-D object. A polynomial can be almost every object you can think of. You have to be specifica nd ask which polynomial you want the area to be found in.
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