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What do you call a symbol used to represent the unknown quantity in an equation?
x or any other variable
What is a letter used to represent an unknown quantity?
Unknonwn quantity is any variable a,b,c or x,y
What is done to a variable represent an unknown quantity?
define
What does the x in algebra stand for?
The (unknown) x (I suppose that's what you mean) is a variable. It's commonly used to represent any number. For example if you have the equation 3x+2=5, x represents the number which will verify the equation. x can be used with equations, functions etc.
What is six more than an unknown number?
If we let the unknown number be represented by the variable x, then six more than the unknown number would be x + 6. This expression represents adding six to the unknown number. So, if you have an unknown number x, adding six to it gives you x + 6.
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