Question

Use the expression 5(6 + 4x) to answer the following:

Part A: Describe the two factors in this expression.

Part B: How many terms are in each factor of this expression?

Part C: What is the coefficient of the variable term?

Answer 1

Answer: Part A: The two factors in this expression are 5 and (6 + 4x).

Part B: There is only one term in the first factor (5), and two terms in the second factor (6 and 4x).

Part C: The coefficient of the variable term is 4, since it is the coefficient of the term 4x.

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