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Does the following picture represent a linear function?

Does the following picture represent a linear function?-example-1

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Nope, it starts down, comes up a little and goes back down which makes it a parabola, not a line.
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Answer: No

Step-by-step explanation: For x 0-2, the y is increasing by +5 every time. However, the moment it hits x=2, it starts decreasing by -5 every time. This means that it does not follow on set pattern (either +5 or -5) and looks more like a ^ than a /.

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