Question

In $4x-3y$, the term with factor $y$ is ___________ and its coefficient is ___________.

• A. $-3y$
• B. $-3$

Answer 1

Step I: Finding the term with factor $y$.

$4x-3y$ is having two terms $4x$ and $-3y$.

All the constants, variables and expressions that are multiplied to form a term are called its factors.

So, from these two terms, the term with factor $y$ is $-3y$.

Step II: Finding the coefficient of the factor $y$ in $-3y$.

A coefficient is a multiplicative factor

The coefficient of $y$ will be all other constants and variables from the given term which are multiplied to $y$.

Here, $-3$ is multiplied to $y$.

Hence, the coefficient of $y$ is $-3$.

Therefore, In $4x-3y$, the term with factor $y$ is $-3y$ and its coefficient is $-3$