The degree of a polynomial determines the maximum number of zeros and factors it can have. A polynomial of degree n can have at most n distinct zeros and n-1 linear factors.
The degree of a polynomial determines the maximum number of distinct zeros it can have. Additionally, the number of factors of a polynomial is equal to the number of zeros it has, taking into account multiplicities.
The degree of a polynomial determines the maximum number of zeros or roots it can have, based on the fundamental theorem of algebra. The number of factors a polynomial can have is equal to the number of distinct linear factors, which is equivalent to the number of distinct zeros.
