This document discusses identifying and assigning variables in algebra. It defines key terms like variable, expression, equation, and inequality. It provides examples of assigning variables to word problems and writing the corresponding equations. These include problems about the weight of a truck and car, gallons and quarts, and the mass of Jupiter and Earth. It also shows how to write equations from tables of values involving tapes and cost, hours and pay, gallons and miles, and pizzas eaten and left. The document reviews the important vocabulary and restates the essential question.

1. Identify and assign variables 10/25/09 Algebra 1.1 Bitsy Griffin

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