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8 is the coefficient. A coefficient is the number in front of a variable.
a variable minus a number and the same variable is b-6b= -5b
Just the number, for example: 7x the variable is 7. The variable is the number without the variable(x,y,z, etc.)
Coefficients are the numbers directly in front of a variable. Variables are letters in place of numbers in a mathematical problem . For example the expression, "2x" has a variable and a coefficient. The variable is the letter x, and the coefficient is the number 2. The coefficient is NEVER a letter, and is always a number. Coefficients and variables can be used in both scientific and algebraic expressions.