alleryStart learning →Step three of the strategy asks you to choose a variable to represent:
ATheir conditions
BThat quantity
CThis committee
DThose employees
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. That quantity
1. Step two identifies what is being looked for.
2. Step three gives that unknown a name so it can be written down.
3. Name what you are looking for and choose a variable to represent that quantity.
4. So the variable stands for the quantity being sought.
_Source: OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 'Math Models', sections 3.1-3.5_
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