Question

What is an example of a polynomial with degree 2 that can be factored as the product of two polynomials of degree 1 each?

Answer 1

`x^2+3x+2 = (x+1)(x+2)`

Explanation:

The degree is the highest power of `x` (or whatever the variable is) in the polynomial.

So `x^2+3x+2` is of degree `2` and `(x+1)` and `(x+2)` are of degree `1`.