Is this equation linear or nonlinear?

4m^2 - 3m = n

Question

Is this equation linear or nonlinear?

4m^2 - 3m = n

parthkohli · Answer

What is the degree of the variables in this equation?

anonymous · Answer

I have no clue. That's all the question has.

parthkohli · Answer

No... I'm asking you what you think the degree of all variables is.

In a linear equation, all the variables have a degree 1.

anonymous · Answer

o.O Never learned that they had degrees in variables.

anonymous · Answer

The sum of all the exponents are 2 because there is only 1 variable that has an exponent.
Correct me if I am wrong @ParthKohli

anonymous · Answer

So?.. Linear? No?

parthkohli · Answer

Degree = highest power attached to a variable.

In the equation 9x^2 + 5x + 8y^2 + 3y^3 = 4,

○ The highest power attached to x is 2, so the degree of x is 2.
○ The highest power attached to y is 3, so the degree of y is 3.

In ALL linear equations, the highest power of ALL the variables is supposed to be 1.

anonymous · Answer

OH So nonlinear. Okay, I never knew that. Haha thanks.

parthkohli · Answer

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