Answer:
3
The degree of a polynomial is the highest power of any variable in the polynomial equation.
Here the highest power is 3 of the monomial with co-efficient of 2.
This can be done using synthetic division.
1 -2 -14 -5
-3 -3 15 -3
___________
1 -5 1 -8
v^2 - 5v + 1 remainder -8
OR
v^2 - 5v + 1 -8/(v + 3)
Answer: 10
No matter if you simplify the square roots or not before multiplying, you get 10.
