👉 An equation is a statement that two expressions or mathematical operations are equal, usually involving one variable. In other words, it's a statement where you have an unknown value (often represented by "x") and you're trying to find out if the values on both sides of the equals sign are the same. For example: 1) 3 + 2 = x 2) y - z = w In this case, "x" is the unknown variable, which represents the value that