Coefficient

What is a Coefficient?

A coefficient is a numerical or constant factor that is multiplied by a variable or a product of variables in a term. In other words, it is the numerical part of a term that is being multiplied by one or more variables.

Coefficient Examples

In the term $3 x$ , the coefficient is $3$ , and it is multiplied by the variable $x$ .
In the term $- 2 y$ , the coefficient is $2$ , and it is multiplied by the variable $y$ .
In the term $7 x y$ , the coefficient is $7$ , and it is multiplied by the variables $x$ and $y$ .
In the term 2 $a$ , the coefficient is 2 , and it is multiplied by the variable $a$ .
In the term 4, which can be considered as $4 \times 1$ , the coefficient is 4, even though there is no explicit variable.

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