1. What power does creating your own variables give you that you wouldn't otherwise have?

It gives the power of setting values and using them anywhere within the coding project without declaring them again.

Explanation:

What is a variable?

A variable is a name that a programmer gives to locations in a computer memory where values are stored and they need to be declared before usage.

Declaring a variable means that its data type must be defined and initial value set and creating your own variables gives the power of being able to set the variable once and use anywhere in the coding project without declaring it again.

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