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Explain why it does not matter what letter or symbol is used to find an unknown number

Explain why it does not matter what letter or symbol is used to find an unknown number
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Explain why it does not matter what letter or symbol is used to find an unknown number

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The letter represents an unknown number. You use mathematics to solve for the missing number which is represented by the letter. Letters do not have a certain value, therefore it does not matter which letter is used.
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User Tolmark
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because it's a variable. A variable is any letter that represents any unknown number. hopes this helps!
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