Algebra II: Degree of an expression: (6squared) (x squared) (y cubed) (z squared)?
she put this problem on our test and i wasn't sure whether to count the exponent on the coefficient.
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you don't count the exponent on the coefficient because you know what it is:
6 squared is 36 to the power of one; you can represent it in many ways
I wouldn't think that you would count the exponent on the coefficient.
36x^2y^3z^2.
If that's how it is..
Then the degree is 7.