SOLUTION: Hi, I am taking a algebra class and having trouble. Can some one help me? There are two question. How many terms are in the expression 2x2 + 4x

SOLUTION: Hi, I am taking a algebra class and having trouble. Can some one help me? There are two question. How many terms are in the expression 2x2 + 4x - 7 ? and What is the coeffi

Question 319193: Hi, I am taking a algebra class and having trouble. Can some one help me? There are two question.
How many terms are in the expression 2x2 + 4x - 7 ?

and What is the coefficient of the second term?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Terms are simply the monomials. The monomials are the expressions separated by the + or - signs. So the expressions , and are the terms.

The coefficients are the numbers that sit in front of the variable terms. So the coefficient of 4x is simply 4.
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