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'-3' is the co-efficient of 'y'. The number attached to the variable is the co-efficient.

A coefficient of a variable is the numeral right next to the variable in question. So in the expression 8-3y+1 the 3 (or is it -3? I'm not sure) is the coefficient of y.

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