SOLUTION: is 3x+y^2=7 a linear equation? yes or no? and why? thanks a lot for your help!

SOLUTION: is 3x+y^2=7 a linear equation? yes or no? and why? thanks a lot for your help!

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Question 5449: is 3x+y^2=7 a linear equation?
yes or no? and why?
thanks a lot for your help!
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Linear means that you have only variables raised to the first power. Since you have a y^2 it is NOT linear!

R^2 at SCC
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