SOLUTION: What are the terms and coefficients in a polynomial?

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Question 312021: What are the terms and coefficients in a polynomial?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Terms are the variable expressions 1,x, x%5E2, x%5E3, etc. in powers of x.
The coefficients are the constants in front of them.
As an example,
9x%5E2%2B3x%2B5
9 is the coefficient of the x%5E2 term and 3 is the coefficient of the x term, and 5 is the coefficient of the x%5E%280%29=1 term.