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3 years ago

Xavier is a new student, explain to him what a variable is. Use complete sentences.

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Anit [1.1K]3 years ago

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Answer:a symbol, usually a letter, used to represent a number.

Step-by-step explanation:

a math process (like adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing)

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