2In this activity, we're asked to determine the degree of the following polynomial:→ [tex]\rm x^2-2x+1[/tex]Recall that the degree of a polynomial is its highest exponent. So we have to look at the exponent of every term and determine which one's the highest. For this expression, [tex]x^2[/tex] is the term with the highest exponent, so the degree is 2. This makes it a second-degree polynomial.