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What is a Variable?
Definition: Variables
Summary
- A variable is just a symbol that usually represents a number
- The letter 'a' is an example of a variable
- The letter 'x' in the term '2x' is a variable
- The number '10' is not a variable, it's just a number!

Notes
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- A letter is an example of a symbol
- A drawn picture of a dog is a symbol
- A drawn picture of a sailboat is a symbol
- Pictures usually aren't used to be symbols for numbers, instead we just pick letters to be our variables!
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The numbers 1, 20, and
π can be represented by variables
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The numbers 1, 20, and
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- The letter 'a' is an example of a variable
- The letter 'x' is an example of a variable
- The letter 't' is an example of a variable
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- The letter 'a' is an example of a variable
- The letter 'x' in the term '2x' is a variable
- The number '10' is not a variable, it's just a number!