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Math help with problems Is the red line linear or nonlinear?

Math help with problems Is the red line linear or nonlinear?-example-1

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Hello!

First, let's just remember one property about linear functions:

• to be linear, it must be a ,line that always intersects the origin (0, 0),.

Look at two examples below:

Example A:

Example B:

So, let me answer your question:

The red line is non-linear because it does not intersect the origin.

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