which of my following best describes the equation below?

y=3x-4

Question

which of my following best describes the equation below?

y=3x-4

anonymous · Answer

a: neither linear nor nonlinear 

b: both linear  and nonlinear

c: linear

d: nonlinear

anonymous · Answer

ok so first off, do you know what linear and non-linear mean?

anonymous · Answer

and how it's represented in an equation

welshfella · Answer

a linear equations contains a variable of first degree only  ( for example  2x or 3y) and might have numbers also

anonymous · Answer

well I was talking to @itsajw , but yeah

anonymous · Answer

yeah

anonymous · Answer

ok so It's can't be B right? because they are both opposites

anonymous · Answer

And it can't be A either because it is definitely one or the other

anonymous · Answer

now linear means that is goes in a straight line, if you would graph this, do you think that it would be linear?

anonymous · Answer

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