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OpenStudy (anonymous):

why does alphabets have to take the place of numbers.in things like preliminary algebra and algebra and things of that nature

OpenStudy (amistre64):

celtic runes were already taken :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

algebra is a sort of shorhand language - a language of quantities. Variables whch could be any or certain values must be represented by a short form and letters are convenient for this.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

hmm thanks guys

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