Why do we use letters like x and y to represent numbers in algebra?
In: Mathematics
If you have this question, it might help you to understand if you use other names occasionally. When helping my kids with math, I like to use variable names like “poop” or “butt flavored pizza”. It makes it clear that it’s not anything fancy, it’s just a name for a number you don’t know yet, and can sometimes help further, if for example, you need to cut your butt-flavored pizza into slices for fractions or something like that.
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