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Rules for Determining Polynomial Degrees

A data analyst is working with the polynomial expression $7x^2y^3 + 12x^4 to model shipping frequencies. State the rule for calculating the degree of a term with multiple variables (like $7x^2y^3) and the rule for finding the degree of the entire polynomial.

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