Question

What are the coefficients in the expression,3 + 5 + 7b – 18a?

Answer 1

In the algebraic term 5xy, the coefficient is the number which is 5

Then the coefficient is the number included in the term

The given expression is

`3+5+7b-18a`

We can simplify it first by adding the like terms as 3 and 5

`\begin{gathered} 3+5=8 \\ 8+7b-18a \end{gathered}`

We have 3 terms, 2 algebraic and 1 numeric

7b, -18a are algebraic

8 is numeric

The coefficients of the algebraic terms are 7 and -18

The numeric term has no coefficient

Then the answers are

7 and -18