What does equivalent mean?
It means that for all values of x, the expressions are equal.
What is a coefficient?
It is a constant that is multiplied by a variable.
How can you discover the coefficients of x in an identity?
You can simplify one side until it takes the form of the other side with the unknown coefficients. You can then match the unknown coefficients to the known ones.
What is an identity?
The equivalent’s version of an equation.