Any numbers you care to assign to them.
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The letters b and c could represent almost any number. They are used in equations normally because they are unknown, and so that we can figure out their values through solving the problem.
In mathematical equations letters of the alphabet are used to represent numbers. Letters in the beginning of the alphabet, a, b, c...,etc typically represent Constants. Letters at the end, x, y, z..typically represent Unknowns, or variables.
The large numbers represent inches on a standard tape. Depending on the scale, smaller numbers could be in 16ths or 32s of an inch.
Depends what the numbers actually represent. You could have 6 whole numbers or 46 parts of 1, as in 46/46.
Pick three numbers. If the square of the largest number is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two, then the three numbers could represent the sides of a right triangle.