The coefficient of a term is the number next to the variable, or letter. Here is an example: 5x + 2xy + 6x The third term is 6x. The coefficient of that third term is 6.
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The numerical coefficient of y in 5y is 5. In an algebraic term, the coefficient is the number that is directly multiplied by the variable. In this case, y is being multiplied by 5, making 5 the coefficient of y in the term 5y.
In mathematics, a numerical coefficient is a constant factor in a term of an algebraic expression. For example, in the term 5x, the numerical coefficient is 5. In the expression 2y^2, the numerical coefficient is 2. Numerical coefficients can be positive, negative, integers, fractions, or even irrational numbers.
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Yes!The word "coefficient" usually refers to the number part of a term.Some examples:The coefficient in 7x is 7.The coefficient in -2y4z3 is -2.The coefficient in b2c3d4 is 1 (because you can think of there being a '1' in front)In the polynomial x3 + 4x2y - 5xy2 + 6y3, the coefficient of xy2 is -5.Technically, you could say that in the term 27fg4, 27 is the numerical coefficient, and fg4 is the literal coefficient.
no, it is not but the coefficient of 5m is 5×m