SOLUTION: What is the formula of algebra?

Question 843051: What is the formula of algebra?
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There is no formula of algebra.
Algebra is a method of solving problems.

Here's one definition from the web:

the part of mathematics in which letters and other general symbols are used to represent numbers and quantities in formulae and equations.

Here's another definition from the web:

Generalized version of arithmetic that uses variables to stand for unspecified numbers. Its purpose is to solve algebraic equations or systems of equations. Examples of such solutions are the quadratic formula (for solving a quadratic equation) and Gaussian elimination (for solving a system of equations in matrix form). In higher mathematics, an �algebra� is a structure consisting of a class of objects and a set of rules (analogous to addition and multiplication) for combining them. Basic and higher algebraic structures share two essential characteristics: (1) calculations involve a finite number of steps and (2) calculations involve abstract symbols (usually letters) representing more general objects (usually numbers). Higher algebra (also known as modern or abstract algebra) includes all of elementary algebra, as well as group theory, theory of rings, field theory, manifolds, and vector spaces.

That last one was a little heavy, but the general idea is the same.
Algebra is basically a system of how to solve problems, where variables are used to represent numbers that are not yet known.

The higher you go in mathematics, the more abstract it becomes.

Here's a link that discusses it in an easy to understand way.

http://math.about.com/cs/algebra/g/algebradef.htm

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