Which of the following best describes the equation below? They never tought me this at my old school so I am not sure how to tell if its non-linear or linear or both or neither

y = 3x2 + 6
A. linear
B. both linear and nonlinear
C. nonlinear
D. neither linear nor nonlinear

Question

Which of the following best describes the equation below? They never tought me this at my old school so I am not sure how to tell if its non-linear or linear or both or neither

             y = 3x2 + 6
	A. 	 linear
	B. 	 both linear and nonlinear
	C. 	 nonlinear
	D. 	 neither linear nor nonlinear

anonymous · Answer

its non-linear

anonymous · Answer

wait wait
the problem is y= 3x^2 + 6 not y= 3 x 2 + 6 would there be a difference?

anonymous · Answer

no, i knew it was 3x^2
its quadratic and still non-linear