Which of the following best describes the equation below?

y = 7x2 - 7
A. linear
B. neither linear nor nonlinear
C. both linear and nonlinear
D. nonlinear

Question

Which of the following best describes the equation below?

y = 7x2 - 7
	A. 	 linear
	B. 	 neither linear nor nonlinear
	C. 	 both linear and nonlinear
	D. 	 nonlinear

abb0t · Answer

HINT: It's a parabola. 
so what does that mean?

beststudent · Answer

linear

anonymous · Answer

linear and across..

beststudent · Answer

HELP PLEASE

anonymous · Answer

*horizontal

beststudent · Answer

Triangle RST has the coordinates R (-3, 1), S (1, 7), and T (5, 1). Which of the following sets of points represents a dilation from the origin of triangle RST?
	A. 	 R' (1, 5), S' (5, 11), T' (9, 5)
	B. 	 R' (-12, 4), S' (4, 28), T' (20, 4)
	C. 	 R' (-12, 1), S' (4, 7), T' (20, 1)
	D. 	 R' (-12, 1), S' (1, 28), T' (20, 1)

anonymous · Answer

A linear is defined as $$y=x^1+1000000$$---that is the highest power is one. The nonlinear, well, it is the opposite of the linear. With your given equation, 7$$y=7^2-7$$the exponent is two which is a nonlinear.

anonymous · Answer

|dw:1363290754029:dw| This is the graph for $$y=x^2$$ As you can see it is not a line.