Math Problem
2006-07-05 13:13:03 · 5 answers · asked by kairi14 2 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
A little more detail, please... are you asking about a specific problem, or in general?
In geometry, X and Y are the labels given to the axes of a cartesian coordinate system. Put simply, if you draw a vertical axis and a horizontal axis and put some sort of scale on each one, the horizontal one is labelled X and the vertical one is Y. Then you can designate any point by its XY coordinates (so if I said that I'm drawing a dot at 6,3, you would go 6 spaces over to the right on the X axis and 3 spaces up on the Y axis and find my dot there)
If you're talking about algebra, X and Y are variables, letters meant to take the place of real numbers that you are attempting to solve an equation for -- since you don't know what numbers they are at the beginning of the problem, you use letters as placeholders for them so you can keep them organized while you try to figure it out. So 4 + X = Y is an equation you might try to solve (you need more information if you're trying to figure out the actual value of each, but this is just an example)
And if you're asking a specific question about algrebra for us to solve, we need the equation.
2006-07-05 13:21:40 · answer #1 · answered by theyuks 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
X & Y mean unknown numbers the mystery # is replaced with X & Y, that's all.
Math can be fun.
Check out standard deviants stuff on math from the libary
2006-07-05 14:17:45 · answer #2 · answered by mother_t_of_wpg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there either variables, or coordinates on a 2 dimensional array (or grid). Open a damn book.
Why is this in the NYC forum and not in homework help?
2006-07-05 13:16:32 · answer #3 · answered by D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
x=horizontal coordinate
y= vertical "
2006-07-05 13:16:25 · answer #4 · answered by gene_frequency 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are kind of substitues for #'s and such x and y is what your solving for.....
2006-07-05 13:16:41 · answer #5 · answered by ~jessi~ aka....mommy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋