Cofficient of variable terms is :
[tex]-2x^2+8x[/tex][tex]\begin{gathered} -2x^2+8x \\ x(-2x+8) \end{gathered}[/tex]So the first variable
[tex]-2x^2[/tex]so the cofficent is -2
and the cofficent of second variable is:
[tex]8x[/tex]So the cofficent of second term is 8.