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In [[mathematics]], when a letter is used to represent a number or set of numbers it is called an '''unknown'''. This letter usually has a very specific range of values, unlike a [[variable]] which can be changed arbitrarily to alter the value of a [[function]] which acts on the variable. | In [[mathematics]], when a letter is used to represent a number or set of numbers it is called an '''unknown'''. This letter usually has a very specific range of values, unlike a [[variable]] which can be changed arbitrarily to alter the value of a [[function]] which acts on the variable. | ||
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Revision as of 05:53, June 3, 2008
In mathematics, when a letter is used to represent a number or set of numbers it is called an unknown. This letter usually has a very specific range of values, unlike a variable which can be changed arbitrarily to alter the value of a function which acts on the variable.