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Have you ever wondered why ....

 
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... the letter X is used to represent the unknown?

     

 

 

X for the unknown                  
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The Arabic word used to represent an unknown quantity was shei. This was transcribed in Greek to
Xei and later shortened to just X.

       

 

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