document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=345400>Question 345400</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine whether the equation is linear \"4x+7x(x-2)=11x\" </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's expand this out and see what we have. 4x+7x(x-2)=11x This can be rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+7x^2-14x=11x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We can combine like terms and get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x^2-21x=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Hint: Whenever we have a variable to a power the graph of the line will NOT be linear. Linear means straight line)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ <BR>\n" );
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