Can someone help me !
Yes?
The Function C=nr gives the circumference of a circle related to its radius, while the function A = nr^2 gives the area of a circle related to its radius.
is "n" the same thing as pi ?
Which statement is correct? A) Both C= 2nr and A = nr^2 are linear functions, because they both contain r. B) Only C= 2nr is a linear function because its graph is a line with the slope of 2n. C) Only A= nr^2 is a linear function because it's graph is a line with a slope of n. D) Neither C= nr nor A=nr^2 are linear functions, because they both contain n.
and yes n is pi.
linear functions have variable with an exponent of "1" y = 3x f = 8r C = 2nr
if you graph r^2, you know that it is not a linear function, think of graphing x^2, its quadratic. For C, it has a slope of 2pi so its a linear function, think of graphing 5x, its linear.
im still confused
Ok, what do you think linear means, think about it, it has the word 'line' in it right? This is a linear equation|dw:1398123789913:dw|y=x is a linear equation and the way you can tell is that it looks like a line. So if we were to graph what 2(pi)r it would look like|dw:1398123901336:dw|What does it look like? Is it a linear function?
yeah its linear cause the line is straight
Correct now lets look at quadratic equations, |dw:1398124197900:dw|As you can see the graph isn't straight its a parabola (u-shaped line). Because when you plug in any value of x (negative or positive) into x^2, it will always be positive, that's why in both directions its always going up. Does that make sense? Think of this, if you plug in -5 into x^2=> -5*-5=? and when you plug 5 into x^2=>5*5=? what number do they equal to?
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