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Is the function shown linear or nonlinear? Explain your answer.

Is the function shown linear or nonlinear? Explain your answer.-example-1

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Answer:

This function is nonlinear.

Explanation:

The graph shown is a curve. It looks like a piece of a parabola, which is a quadratic function. A linear function would have a graph that is a line.

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