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Lots of the other letters of the alphabet are used for either constant numbers or variables that are based on certain formula.
C for instance is the speed of light in a vacuum (a constant)
m is normally used for mass (a variable).
x and y were most likely used as they were letters least likely to be used for representation of anything else and so the idea stuck to use them as calculable variables.
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