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DIRECTIONS: Read the passage(s) given below and answer the questions that follow. Passage ? 1 An algebraic expression is a combination of constants and variables connected by the mathematical operators \[+,\,-,\,\times ,\,\div \]. A symbol which can be assigned different numerical values is called variable or literal. A term is a combination of constants and variables connected together by the mathematical operators of multiplication and division. Each term in an algebraic expression is the product of one or more constants and variables. These constants and variables are called the factors of that term. In algebra, letters may stand for

A)  known quantities

B)  unknown quantities

C)  fixed numbers

D)  None of these