What is the coefficient of x in the expression 2x + xy^2
Answers
Given,
Expression
To find,
Coefficient of x.
Solution,
We can find the solution to this problem by following the below process.
So, firstly we should know what a coefficient is. A coefficient is a multiplicative factor in a term or the terms of a polynomial, series, or expression. It can be a number or an alphabet that is multiplied by a variable of one or more than one term of a polynomial.
For example, in the expression,
The coefficient of x is a,
The coefficient of y is b, and,
For x², it is c.
Now, for the given expression, we see that there are two terms that contain x. These terms are,
and .
So we have to find the coefficient of x for these two terms.
Hence, from the above definition of the cofficient, we find that,
For the term , the coefficient of x is 2.
Similarly, for the term , coefficient of x is 1.