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Find the degree of the monomial
negative seven.
The degree of any monomial is the
sum of the exponents or powers of all included variables. This might lead us into thinking
that our degree is one as negative seven to the power of one is equal to negative
seven. However, negative seven is not a
variable; it is a constant. This leads us to the second part of
our definition of the degree of monomials, which states that all constants have the
monomial degree of zero. The degree of negative seven is
therefore zero.
