The degree of - 7xy4 is?

The degree of the polynomial is 5

Step-by-step explanation:

When we talk of the degree of a polynomial, we refer to the highest power

The highest power here is 4 but that is not the degree in this case

If we notice, there are two different variables attached to the number

One has a degree of 4 and the other has a degree of 1

What we do here is to add these degrees together

The addition of both is 5 and that is the degree of the polynomial