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d^2y/dx^2=sqrt(1+(dy/dx)^2 state the order of the given ordinary differential equation. Determine whether the equation is linear or nonlinear.

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This is a second-order ODE since the highest order derivative is 2 (from
(\mathrm d^2y)/(\mathrm dx^2)).

It's not linear because it doesn't take the form


F\left((\mathrm d^2y)/(\mathrm dx^2),(\mathrm dy)/(\mathrm dx),y,x\right)=0\iff f_2(x)(\mathrm d^2y)/(\mathrm dx^2)+f_1(x)(\mathrm dy)/(\mathrm dx)+f_0(x)y+g(x)=0

and it's not possible to rewrite it as such.
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