Difference between revisions of "Unknown"

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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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Unknown means what one does not know.
 
  
 
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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.