How do you find an opposite coefficient?

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nincompoop · Answer

maybe it is just referring to integers, in a way that if you were given a positive number, the opposite is the negative of that number
example:
-3, the opposite is 3

so if I was asked to find the opposite coefficient of 
5ab, then the opposite coefficient is -5

nincompoop · Answer

opposite coefficient of 5ab is -5ab 
sorry for the typo

anonymous · Answer

So pretty much just negative of the original? Like 5b is -5b and -2a is 2 a?

nincompoop · Answer

not the negative of the original perse 
if you were given a positive, then you just give the negative value of it, and then vice-versa
positive becomes negative
negative becomes positive

nincompoop · Answer

but you are essentially correct

nincompoop · Answer

I just read what you said again, and you are correct on all levels, because the negative of -5ab is -(-5ab) which is 5ab

anonymous · Answer

Ah okay. Thanks so much!