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Is 5x-8+7y=y-6 linear or nonlinear

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The equation 5x-8+7y=y-6 is linear because it contains only terms with the variables x and y raised to the power of 1. In a linear equation, the highest power of any variable is 1. Nonlinear equations contain exponents that are higher than 1 on one or more variables.

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