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Does the rule y= -3(3)x represent a linear or an exponential function?

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no exponent, hope this helped
User Ruth
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Answer:

There's no exponent, so this is a linear function.

Explanation:

We can simplify:

y = -3(3)x

y = -9x

Here we can see this is simply linear: there is just an x^1, and no other exponent.

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