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In mathematics, an operand is the object of a mathematical operation, i.e., it is the object or quantity that is operated on.

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In mathematics, an operand is the object of a mathematical operation, i.e., it is the object or quantity that is operated on.

Unknown operands in equalities of expressions can be found by equation solving.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “operand” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.