Name: What Is a Coefficient?
Uploaded: 2022-08-24T12:07:32.707Z
Channel: House of Math
Description: A coefficient is a constant quantity that is multiplied by a variable in an algebraic expression. Watch this video to learn more about coefficients.

The word coefficient can be traced back to the French mathematician François Viète (1540 – 1603). Viète was the first to systematically use letters as symbols, in order to refer to different types of known and unknown values.

A coefficient is a constant quantity that is multiplied by a variable in an algebraic expression. Watch this video to learn more about coefficients.

A symbol, often a letter from the alphabet, which represents an unknown value.

The number in front of a variable or product of variables, showing how many you have of that variable or product of variables

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