unknown quantity

Examples

• All

• It's a method of estimating the values of an unknown quantity using what is called inferential statistics.

• Instead, in estimation problems, the unknown quantities are more of a numerical type.

• Note that the derived system of three equations has six unknown quantities, three of them having been chosen as the mean as the result of a considerable number of measurements:

  Academic text (1995)

• The conditions of Equation 1 make it possible to work out a series of independent proportions, which are reduced to the system of three equations with six unknown quantities by means of using biomechanical constants (5).

  Academic text (1995)

• To find the value of the unknown quantity, we can use algebraic techniques to isolate it.

• The scientist discovered a method to calculate the unknown quantity in her experiment.

Synonyms

U

unknown

vsunknown quantity

134 6.1

Something you do not know or cannot identify, for example a variable in math

is a specific element in equations whose value must be determined

U

unknown variable

vsunknown quantity

• Specialized

2 4.6

A letter or sign in an equation that stands for a value you do not know

is the mathematical element in an equation whose value must be determined

V

variable quantity

vsunknown quantity

• Specialized

1 5.4

A number or amount that can change

is the element in an equation whose exact value must be solved for

I

indefinite quantity

vsunknown quantity

1 5.6

An amount that is not exactly known

is a mathematical element in equations whose value must be found

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