Question

What is the coefficient of x in the expression 5x³ + 7x² – 5 ? *

(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) -5

What is the coefficient of x in the expression 5x³ + 2y² – 5x+7? *

How many terms are there in the expression 5x+3y+8?
a)1
b)2
c)3

Answer 1

What is the coefficient of x in the expression 5x³ + 2y² – 5x + 7?

(c) -5

How many terms are there in the expression 5x+3y+8?

(c) 3

Explanation:

A coefficient is the number in front of the variable which in this case, the x has a 5 as its coefficient. I don't know if you meant "What is the coefficient of x in the expression 5x³ + 7x² – 5 ?" as a question as well, but if it was then the coefficient would be 0 since there is no x, only an x³.

Terms are "either a single number or variable, or numbers and variables multiplied together"

So this would make 5x+3y+8 have three terms: 5x, 3y, and 8