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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
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Properties

A variable is an important concept of algebra. It can be an object or a letter that represents a number of things. We use variables to represent unknowns, to represent quantities that vary, and to generalize properties.

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What does properties exactly mean in simple words in the given context?
  

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Jigneshbharati What does properties exactly mean in simple words in the given context? Good question. This is for K-5?

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  • Jigneshbharati What does properties exactly mean in simple words in the given context?
  • Good question.
  • This is for K-5?
  • No wonder the kids can't make change without a computer any more.
  • I guess you could quantify abstracts.
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JigneshbharatiWhat does properties exactly mean in simple words in the given context?

Good question. This is for K-5? No wonder the kids can't make change without a computer any more.

I guess you could quantify abstracts. Plot how late I get home from the bar on the X-axis and how mad my wife gets on the Y-axis. You will see a steeply accelerating upw

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JigneshbharatiWe use variables ... to generalize properties.

I think they are referring to the fact that we use variables as placeholders in scientific formulas that generalize the behavior (i.e., "properties") of physical entities.

Newton's formula is an example. It generalizes how the force of gravity works, as shown below with the variables in bo

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