Question

What is a variable?

Answer 1

A varible is a "letter" that represents a unknown value.

Answer 2

Such as "x","y", and "z"

Answer 3

8x (< example)

Answer 4

woah I got two of you responding

Answer 5

let me take a second and see this

Answer 6

Can you give me an example with a word problem?

Answer 7

Okay,
Bob has been riding a bike for 6 weeks. For 5 days he has been riding for "X" value of days? What does x (in numbers) represent?
Then you would solve.

Answer 8

Sorry i meant x stands for miles
and i meant 5 days a week sorry

Answer 9

Let me write that agian lol

Answer 10

Bob has been riding a bike 5 days per week. He has been riding for 6 weeks. How many miles has he ran. Write and equation to represent this word problem. Using variable W.

Answer 11

@jimflan24

Answer 12

hello?

Answer 13

sry

Answer 14

was in physics for a moment

Answer 15

just replaces the word

Answer 16

a letter replaces a word? or also a number for the word

Answer 17

A variable is the unknown factor in a problem