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OpenStudy (anonymous):

why do they use letters instead of a box !!are they just trying to confuse people!! lol??

OpenStudy (kinggeorge):

Because in more advanced mathematics, sometimes you're dealing with more than a single variable. As a side effect, textbooks were written with x's, and for those of us who go on to study mathematics, seeing the x's lets us get used to it.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh! that makes more seance! XD

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sorry i spelled that wrong sense*

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks!

OpenStudy (kinggeorge):

You're welcome.

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