Q: What do you call a small whole number placed in front of a formula in an equation in order to balance it?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

A coefficient is a small whole number placed in front of a formula in an equation in order to balance it. The 2 in front of the H 2 means that there are a total of atoms of hydrogen as reactants. Visually, the reaction looks like the Figure below .

 Choices:

- correlation

- divisible

- function

- coefficient


A:
coefficient