Question

Identify the terms & coefficients for each of the following expressions.

$3-pq+qr-rp$

• A. $\text{Terms}:3,pq,qr,rp$
  $\text{Coefficients}:3,1,1,1$
• B. $\text{Terms}:-3,-pq,qr,-rp$
  $\text{Coefficients}:-3,-1,1,-1$
• C. $\text{Terms}:-3,-pq,-qr,-rp$
  $\text{Coefficients}:-3,-1,-1,-1$
• D. $\text{Terms}:3,-pq,qr,-rp$
  $\text{Coefficients}:3,-1,1,-1$

Answer 1

The correct option is D $\text{Terms}:3,-pq,qr,-rp$

$\text{Coefficients}:3,-1,1,-1$

Term	numerical coefficient
3	3
-pq	-1
qr	1
-rp	-1

A term consists of numbers and variables combined with the multiplication operation, with the variables optionally having exponents and Numerical Coefficient is often abbreviated to just "coefficient." A coefficient is the numerical value in a term. If a term has no coefficient, the coefficient is an unwritten 1 or in other words it is term without the variables.