The use of the letter x as a mathematical unknown is a relatively modern convention. Algebra has been around for a lot longer. Daryl Benson/Stockbyte via Getty Images You might be most familiar with x ...
X is everywhere and it’s probably thanks to math. But why is x the symbol for the unknown? Despite being one of the rarest letters in English, the letter X is everywhere. We sign letters with it, we ...
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