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Give an example of a non-linear equation and explain

Give an example of a non-linear equation and explain-example-1
User Ajeet Pratap Maurya
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Answer:

y=x2; if you graph

it, is not a line.

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Answer:

Please check explanations

Explanation:

An example of a non-linear equation is that of a quadratic function

We can have this as;

y = x^2 + 3x + 3

Why is it non-linear?

Generally, we have the equation of a linear model as;

y = mx + b

where m represents the slope and b is the y-intercept

The written quadratic equation can not be written in this form

Hence, we know by this that it is not a linear equation

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