If \(p(x)=0\cdot x+14\), what is the degree of (p(x))?
Since \(0\cdot x=0\), we get \(p(x)=14\). This is a non-zero constant polynomial, and every non-zero constant polynomial has degree \(0\). Degree \(1\) would apply only if the coefficient of \(x\) were non-zero. Exam tip: simplify a polynomial before identifying its degree.