. . . "ear equationsAlgebraic identitiesNotation & AssumptionsIn this document, lower case roman alphabets will be used to denote variables such as a,b,c,x,y,z,wIn general it is assumed that the GMAT will only deal with real numbers (\\(\\mathbb{R}\\)) or subsets of \\(\\mathbb{R}\\) such as Integers (\\(\\mathbb{Z}\\)), rational numbers (\\(\\mathbb{Q}\\)) etcConcept of variablesA variable is a place holder, which" .