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No, but a variable can have more than one value in an inequality such as x > 10. In that inequality, x can be 11, 12, 13, 14, or anything else higher than 10.

That is not to say, however, that the same variable can't be equal to two different expressions or formulas. The equations x=10 and x=y+5 are completely valid. In fact, those expressions imply that 10=y+5, or that y=5.

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