What are variables multiplied together to get answers?

Answer 1

Variables are letters representing numbers whose value can be changed depending on the answer. For example: X times 4 = 8 is the problem. X can vary, or become any number you choose. But, in order to make a true statement in this case, X has to equal 2. So, 2 times 4 equals 8, becomes a true staement. You could make X equal 6, but that wouldn't be true. But that's what a variable does; it can change depending on the outcome.