Why do we use letters like x and y to represent numbers in algebra?

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Why do we use letters like x and y to represent numbers in algebra?

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It’s a way to show the unknown number as an unknown number. It looks like none of the numbers 0-9 and is therefore hard to mistake for any of them.

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