Question

Which of the following is NOT a linear equation?



A. y = -2x
B. y = 4x – 7
C. y = 8/x
D. 2y + 8x = 5

Which of the following is NOT a linear equation?



A. x + 9y = -17
B. 4x + 9 – 2y = 0
C. y = -5x –3.5
D. y2 = x + 1

Answer 1

to be linear, the power on x needs to be 1

for the first question, what is the power of x for C?

Answer 2

8

Answer 3

no... 8 is it's coefficient, not it's power

Answer 4

OH

Answer 5

oh*

Answer 6

8/x is the same as\[8*\frac{ 1}{x }\]

what is the power of 1/x ?

Answer 7

basically, for what value of n does \[x^{n} = \frac{ 1 }{ x}\]

Answer 8

Is it c?

Answer 9

answers are C and D

Answer 10

ok thanks.

Answer 11

in 1st its c and on 2nd its d
cos the digree variable has power not equal to 1 in these expressions