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Why are x and y signifficant in algebra?

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∙ 16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

They are unknowns, or placeholders. The actual x and y are not significant. You could use any letter that you wanted, but the x and y are traditionally used so that everyone knows what they are.

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