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The wording in that paragraph is a bit confusing. In this context, "term" refers to the entire product, For example, the equation "(a^2)b + (b)c^4 = 0" has two
by gizmo686 9y ago
The wording in that paragraph is a bit confusing. In this context, "term" refers to the entire product, For example, the equation "(a^2)b + (b)c^4 = 0" has two terms: (a^2)b, and (b)c^4.
The degree of the entire equation is the maximum of the degree of the individual terms. However, the degree of a term is the sum of the degree of all of the factors.
For example, the equation "a+b+c=10" is degree 1, but "abc=10" is degree 3.
- jfaat 9y agoAh ok so he was talking about the degree of the equation but gave an example of calculating the degree of a term, the highest of which in any equation is its degree. That makes sense, thanks for clearing it up!