Answer:
2t + 8
Step-by-step explanation:
add the like terms.
That polynomial is made up of 2 terms,

and 7y, separated by a minus sign. To find the degree of a polynomial you consider the term with the highest degree, no matter that the variables are different. The degree on the first term is 5+2=7, whereas the degree on the second term is just 1. Since the degree of a polynomial is equal to the degree of the term that is highest, our degree is 7.
Hey there!
It looks like you have another factoring question!
Using our definition of the distributive property:
a(b+c) = ab+ac
We need to factor our or greatest common multiple, which here is 9.
9 times 2x = 18x and 9 times y = 9y
We have:
9(2x + y)
Once again, using the distributive property, multiply it out and you'll get 18x and 9y.
Hope this helps!