Example 3

Nia bought 4 packs of pencils ([math]p[/math]) and 6 packs of index cards ([math]c[/math]) at the school store, which does not charge any tax. She had a coupon for $2 off her total purchase. Write an expression to represent Nia’s purchase, and then identify the terms, coefficients, and constant term (if applicable) in the expression.

[list=1] [*]Write an expression to represent Nia’s purchase. [*]Identify the term(s) in the expression. [*]Identify the coefficient(s) in the expression. [*]Identify the constant term(s) in the expression, if any. [/list] This applet is provided by Walch Education as supplemental material for their mathematics programs. Visit [url="http://www.walch.com"]www.walch.com[/url] for more information on their resources.