document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=174828>Question 174828</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0078213479/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is y+2xy=3 a linear equation? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #129897 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=129897\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y%2B2xy=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y%2B2xy=3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y%281%2B2x%29=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y%281%2B2x%29=3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Factor out the GCF \"y\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=3%2F%281%2B2x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=3%2F%281%2B2x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Divide both sides by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2B2x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2B2x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to isolate \"y\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since we have a division by an expression containing the variable \"x\", this means that the equation is NOT linear. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y%2B2xy=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y%2B2xy=3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is NOT a linear equation. </SPAN>\n" );
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