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Question Number 1260 by Rasheed Ahmad last updated on 18/Jul/15

What is degree of \frac{x}{y} ? (x and y are both variables)

Is \frac{x}{y} and a constant of same degree ?

Commented by prakash jain last updated on 18/Jul/15

Degree of rational expression is the degree

of N^{r} or D^{r} (higher of the two) . A constant is of degree 0 .

\frac{1}{x} is of degree 1 .

Commented by prakash jain last updated on 18/Jul/15

\frac{x}{y} is not a polynomial .

Commented by Rasheed Soomro last updated on 18/Jul/15

I s d e g r e e c o n c e r n e d o n l y w i t h p o l y n m i a l ? {C o u l d n}^{'} t I s a y \frac{1}{x} i s o f

- 1 d e g r e e ?

Commented by Rasheed Ahmad last updated on 19/Jul/15

T h a n k s S i r

I {d i d n}^{'} t k n o w t h e c o c e p t o f d e g r e e

o f r a t i o n a l e x p r e s s i o n b e f o r e .