What are the coefficients in this equation?
The equation: m^2 - 4m^4 + 7 + r
My teacher doesn't want us to include constant terms and he just labels constant terms as coefficients as well.
So, are the coefficients -4 and 7? Or is it only -4?
The equation: m^2 - 4m^4 + 7 + r
My teacher doesn't want us to include constant terms and he just labels constant terms as coefficients as well.
So, are the coefficients -4 and 7? Or is it only -4?
Potatooo
It should be 1 and -4.
The coefficient for m^2 is 1, and the coefficient for m^4 is -4. If r is a constant, then it does not have a coefficient. Since 7 is also just a constant, then it also does not have a coefficient.
Hope that helped (:
Pope
Your explanation of your teacher's wishes is not clear, but constants are in fact coefficients.
Is this to be taken as a polynomial in m, where r is a constant? If that is the case, then these are the coefficients:
1, -4, (7 + r)
However, if r is to be taken as a variable, just as m is, then these are the coefficients:
1, -4, 7, 1
Organisation
Ur second guest is right, but don't forget the m squared has 1 in front of it; though 1, -4 are the coefficients