Question

Give an example of a defined term and explain why it is defined

Answer 1

Any ideas?

Answer 2

OpenStudy values the Learning process - not the ‘Give you an answer’ process
Don’t post only answers - guide the asker to a solution.

Answer 3

no i just started taking the class

Answer 4

What do you use a dictionary for?

Answer 5

i could do it if someone would actually explain it to me

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i need more info

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@Katlin15 have you ever used a dictionary?

Answer 8

what i posted was the question i have to answer thats all it gave me thats why i need help and yes i have used a dictionary -.-

Answer 9

Why do you use a dictionary?

Answer 10

to find the deffinitiion of a word

Answer 11

Yes, the definition gives you the meaning of a word, right?

Answer 12

yeah

Answer 13

but it say Give an example of a defined term it really didn say of what word to defined...

Answer 14

@Kuuttboylife exactley :)

Answer 15

This answers the second part of the question:

Give an example of a defined term and *explain why it is defined*

Answer 16

Why it is defined means the author wants a specific meaning given to the word.

Answer 17

ok?

Answer 18

Dictionaries give generally accepted meanings of words, correct?

Answer 19

yeah i guess

Answer 20

Remember one word can have several means, correct?

Answer 21

yeah

Answer 22

Give an example of a defined term okay and explain why it is defined okay try (Defined terms)- can be combined with each other and with undefined terms to define still more terms. An angle, for example, is a combination of two different rays or line segments that share a single end point. Similarly, a triangle is composed of three noncollinear points and the line segments that lie between them

Answer 23

ok

Answer 24

k

Answer 25

If I say "We call h a variable." What must I define?

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h

Answer 27

No, I'm sure you already know that "h" is a letter of the alphabet, don't you?

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lol yeah so wouldnt i define variable?

Answer 29

Exactly! You must ask "What is a 'variable'"

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Then I will define it for you with the purpose that you will know what I mean when I use that word "variable" and not have to go to a dictionary and look it up.

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variable: A symbol used to represent one or more numbers.

Answer 32

Here the symbol is the letter "h."

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so h is a variable because it represents an un known number?

Answer 34

Yes, by the definition that I just gave.

Answer 35

variable: A symbol used to represent one or more numbers.

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Remember the definition does not say I have to use "h," it could be any symbol.

Answer 37

ok

Answer 38

Do you understand now how to answer:

Give an example of a defined term and explain why it is defined

Answer 39

yes