Final answer:
If the function y = 3.7 - 10 is a typo and there's a missing variable, it would be considered a linear function because it can be written in the form y = mx + b once the variable is included. The correct answer is B. linear.
Step-by-step explanation:
The given function, y = 3.7 - 10, is a linear function.
A linear function is a function where the highest power of the variable is 1. The equation represents a straight line on a graph.
In this case, the equation is in the form y = mx + b, where m is the slope (-10) and b is the y-intercept (3.7).
The function y = 3.7 - 10 does not contain any variables and it represents a constant value.
However, if we assume that there's a typo and that the function should be in the form y = mx + b where m (slope) and b (y-intercept) are constants, then the function can be considered a linear function, because linear functions have the form y = mx + b where x is the independent variable, m represents the slope of the line, and b represents the y-intercept.
Since there's no variable present in the original equation it does not strictly represent a function, but when seen as a typo error, the corrected form would be linear and not quadratic, exponential, or trigonometric.