Question

How do you find the degree of `-3`?

Answer 1

Look at the exponents.

Explanation:

In mathematics, there are two meanings to degrees.

1. Angle - an angle measurement. A circle is divided into `360^"o"`.
2. Degree of Term - the exponent of the term.

The second definition is applied here.

An exponent looks like this:

Generally, if a term has no exponents, then the degree is implied to be `1`.

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