Question

Question 12 (1 point)

Answer 1

Answer:   5

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Explanation:

Let's consider the expression (x-y)^2. It expands out to x^2-2xy+y^2. The terms are:

• x^2
• -2xy
• y^2

Each of those terms either has a single variable with an exponent of 2, or has the exponents add to 2. Think of 2xy as 2x^1y^1.

In short, this means that the degree of each monomial term is 2.

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Now consider (x-y)^3. It expands out into x^3-3x^2y+3xy^2+y^3.

We have terms that either have a single variable and the exponent is 3, or the exponents add to 3. The degree of each term is 3.

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This pattern continues.

In general, for (x-y)^n, where n is any positive whole number, the degree of each term in the expansion is n. If you picked any term, added the exponents, then the exponents will add to n.