document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=402897>Question 402897</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What similarities and differences do you see between functions and linear equations. Are all linear equations functions? Is there an instance in which a linear equation is not a function?. Create an equation of a nonlinear function and provide two inputs  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #284981 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=284981\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The two are similar as they basically describe the same notion or idea, but they are different in that they use different notation and the two don't completely overlap (see below)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Are all linear equations functions? No, consider the linear equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which is NOT a function (since it fails the vertical line test)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Create an equation of a nonlinear function and provide two inputs\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Say we have the nonlinear function <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%28x%29=3%2F%28x-2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%28x%29=3%2F%28x-2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Let's now input the values x = 0 and x = 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 0: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%280%29=3%2F%280-2%29=3%2F%28-2%29=-3%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%280%29=3%2F%280-2%29=3%2F%28-2%29=-3%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 5: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%285%29=3%2F%285-2%29=3%2F3=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%285%29=3%2F%285-2%29=3%2F3=1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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