document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=295082>Question 295082</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i need to know, by looking at this equation 3x-7y=-10, how do you know that this is a liner equation? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #212707 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=212707\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \"linear\" is the word. It means relating to a line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Linear equations have one or two variables and neither of them has a power greater than one.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The standard version is ax+by=c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a or b could be zero.<BR>\n" );
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