Question

Simplify the expression 6ab + 3ab - 7ab. What is the coefficient of the simplified expression?

Answer 1

co-efficient = 2

Explanation:

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Part 1

Note that luckily, all terms here, are like terms.

Which means we can easily combine them.

`\longmapsto\sf 6ab+3ab-7ab`. Upon simplifying we obtain this.

`\longmapsto\sf 2ab`

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Part 2

What is the co-efficient, of the simplified expression?

The co-efficient is a number that's multiplied times a variable. Which in this case is 2. Which is our answer.

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Answer 2

The simplified equation is 2ab, so the coefficient would be 2.