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OpenStudy (imnotgoodatmath):

What is the coefficient of the following expression? -5b^3 A. 5 B. -5 c. b d. 3

OpenStudy (imnotgoodatmath):

@iGreen

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

The coefficient of a term is the number part.

OpenStudy (imnotgoodatmath):

I was thinking of it being the 3 but I wan't sure.

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

The number part refers to the number that multiplies the variable(s), not to exponents

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

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