Further Mathematics GCSE
Basic Variable
What Basic Variable means in Further Mathematics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Basic Variable
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A variable currently included in the solution, corresponding to a column with a single 1 and all other entries 0.
Topics that use Basic Variable
- Discrete Mathematics (OCR GCSE)
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