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Otheruses
Mainarticle:A(disambiguation)
Inalgebra,theletter"A"alongwithotherlettersatthebeginningofthealphabetisusedtorepresent
knownquantities,whereasthelettersattheendofthealphabet(x,y,z)areusedtodenoteunknown
quantities.
Ingeometry,capitalA,B,Cetc.areusedtodenotesegments,lines,rays,etc.[5]AcapitalAisalsotypically
usedasoneoftheletterstorepresentanangleinatriangle,thelowercasearepresentingtheside
oppositeangleA.[4]
"A"isoftenusedtodenotesomethingorsomeoneofabetterormoreprestigiousqualityorstatus:A,Aor
A+,thebestgradethatcanbeassignedbyteachersforstudents'schoolwork"Agrade"forclean
restaurantsAlistcelebrities,etc.Suchassociationscanhaveamotivatingeffect,asexposuretotheletter
Ahasbeenfoundtoimproveperformance,when

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