Can someone explain to me what it is?
2007-09-14 15:05:53 · 6 answers · asked by Jenna 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
A constant is a number or term that never changes.
In your case, "3" is the constant. The term 5*x will always be changing because of x. The 3 will always stay as a positive 3.
--> The term without the variable is the constant.
2007-09-14 15:11:48 · answer #1 · answered by aeboy9768 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Constant terms are fixed in value and variable terms can change in value. Here 3 is the constant term. 5x is the variable term because as the value of x changes the value of 5x changes.
Most of the the time, letters and symbols are variables but not always e.g. pi is a constant.
2007-09-14 22:13:52 · answer #2 · answered by Random Maths Guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The constant term is the term that doesn't contain a variable.
In this case the constant term is 3
2007-09-14 22:11:53 · answer #3 · answered by Demiurge42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wants you to solve x.
If you were given like: 5x + 3 = 0
Then, x = -3/5
2007-09-18 17:48:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the constant is what is left when x=0.
In this case that is 3
2007-09-14 22:12:29 · answer #5 · answered by dbear 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it want you to solve what is the unknown 'x'
2007-09-14 22:11:13 · answer #6 · answered by iman 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋