Which of the following statements about linear functions is false?

The graph of a linear function is a straight line.

A linear function can be represented as a graph, an equation, a table of values, and a sentence.

The equation of a linear function can have squared variables.

The slope of a linear function is constant.

Question

Which of the following statements about linear functions is false? 

 The graph of a linear function is a straight line. 

 A linear function can be represented as a graph, an equation, a table of values, and a sentence. 

 The equation of a linear function can have squared variables. 

 The slope of a linear function is constant.

anonymous · Answer

C is false. A square variable destroys linearity (unless you have some weird parametization where one both y and x and changing at a square rate to t but linearly to eachother)