document.write( "Question 1205995: If cubed root X + a=b then x is \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "When the expression is written partly in words and partly in math symbols, different interpretations are possible....

\n" ); document.write( " $\"root%283%2Cx%29%2Ba=b\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"root%283%2Cx%29=b-a\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=%28b-a%29%5E3\"$

\n" ); document.write( "Furthermore, note that, technically, we have no idea what x is, because the expression as you show it involves X and not x.

\n" ); document.write( "It is very possible that in a given problem X and x, or R and r, represent different quantities.

\n" ); document.write( "It is poor practice to mix capital and lower case letters when they represent the same quantity.

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