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Is the following function linear?*
y= x2 – 4
Yes
No

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No.

A linear equation is an equation of a straight line, which means that the degree of a linear equation must be 0 or 1 for each of its variables. In this case, the degree of variable y is 1 and the degree of variable x is 2 . Not Linear

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