How do you find the degree for $3w - 6w^2 + 4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-30T23:24:35

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The degree of a polynomial is the sum of all of the exponents.

Recall that $3w=3w^1$ , and that constants have no degree.

Adding our degrees, we get

$1+2=3$

This is a third degree polynomial.

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