Cory earns $20 for every lawn he mows and $9 for every hedge he trims. He uses the expression 20x + 9y to keep track of his earnings.

Part A: Identify the coefficients and variables in the expression.

Part B: How many terms are in the expression, what are they, and how do you know?

Part C: Which term in the expression shows the total earned from trimming hedges?

Question

Cory earns $20 for every lawn he mows and $9 for every hedge he trims. He uses the expression 20x + 9y to keep track of his earnings. 

Part A: Identify the coefficients and variables in the expression. 

Part B: How many terms are in the expression, what are they, and how do you know? 

Part C: Which term in the expression shows the total earned from trimming hedges?

welshfella · Answer

the coefficients are numbers and the variables are letters.

anonymous · Answer

thank you! @welshefella