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If I understood your question correctly, you are saying that the degree of a term should be the maximum degree between the vatiables in that term. So (a^2)(b^1)
by ufo 9y ago
If I understood your question correctly, you are saying that the degree of a term should be the maximum degree between the vatiables in that term. So (a^2)(b^1)(c^4) ) would be of degree max(2,1,4) = 4.
But with the definition he is using, the degree of a term in the equation is the sum of the degrees of the variables. So (a^2)(b^1)(c^4) has degree 2 + 1 + 4 = 7.
- jfaat 9y agoI don't think that's right. See the sibling comment, which made it click for me. He is saying the degree of a single term is the sum of the exponents in that term, and the degree of the equation is max(...all term degrees).
- randomgraph 9y agoThanks for the comments everyone. I clarified the definition of "degree" in that paragraph, it indeed wasn't well written.