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∙ 11y agoIt means that the term for which 3 is the coefficient is meant to be subtracted.
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∙ 11y agoThe coefficient is the number in front of the variable a, or 5.
In front of a variable in an algebraic expression.
* If "a" is positive, "-a" is negative.* If "a" is negative, "-a" is positive. * If "a" is zero, "-a" is zero. If you want to force a negative number, you can write -|a|, i.e., the negative of the absolute value.
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The coefficient is the number in front of the variable a, or 5.
In front of a variable in an algebraic expression.
* If "a" is positive, "-a" is negative.* If "a" is negative, "-a" is positive. * If "a" is zero, "-a" is zero. If you want to force a negative number, you can write -|a|, i.e., the negative of the absolute value.
it means a bunch of terms put togather without an equal sign a term is a number that may or may not have a variable it can also have either a positive or negetive sign in front of it
It depends on what you do with the negative and positive. If you multiply or divide a positive number and a negative number, then the answer is negative. If you add or subtract a positive number and a negative number, the answer could be negative or positive depending on the numbers involved. If you put a negative sign in front of a positive number, the result is a negative number. If you put a positive sign in front of a negative number (like +(-7)), the result is still negative.
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Five is not a negative number. It is odd, but if you put a - in front of it, it IS negative.(Negative numbers are always preceded by a negative sign, like -5.)
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A coefficient is a number in front of a variable (i.e. multiplied by it).For example, in the expression x2 - 10x + 25, the coefficient of x2 is 1 and the coefficient of x is -10. The third term, 25, is a constant.If the expression were -x2 + 10x + 25, the coefficient of x2 would be -1, and the coefficient of x would be 10.
A negative irrational number can be thought of as an irrational number multiplied by -1, or an irrational number with a minus sign in front of it.
Exact same if there was no negative sign, the number is the number.
the number that has the minus sign in front of it is negative and the normal number is positive example: negative: -9 positive: 9