Question

What is the difference between 3x and X3?? Explain with examples

Answer 1

3x is a coefficient with the variable of x. For example: 3x+ 4. X3 must mean x with the exponent of 3.

Answer 2

Answer:

$3x$ represents x is tripled, while $x^3$ represents x multiplied by itself three times.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are asked to tell the difference between $3x\text{ and }x^3$.

$3x$ tells us that a variable x is multiplied by 3 or x is tripled. We can write $3x$ as $x+x+x$. For example $x=2$, so $3*2=6$ or $2+2+2=6$.

$x^3$ tell us that x is multiplied by itself three times. We can write $x^3$ as $x\cdot x\cdot x$. For example $x=2$, so $2^3=2*2*2=8$.