What is the degree of the following monomial -9?

Jayleen Sanders

Jayleen Sanders

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2022-01-29

What is the degree of the following monomial -9?

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Howard Gallagher

Howard Gallagher

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It is degree 0.
The constant term of any polynomial is also considered the coefficient of the 0th power term.
The degree of a polynomial is the greatest power with non-zero coefficient. So the degree of a non-zero constant polynomial is 0.
The degree of the monomial 0 is left undefined (or, in some fields, defined to be ).

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