document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=77>Question 77</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am in year 7 and I have a question. Could you please explain the term Linear Equation. I have looked on the internet, but the explanations are too complicated, could you please explain it to me so it can make more sense. Thank You, Ryan aged 12 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Linear Equation. I have looked on the internet, but the explanations are <BR>\n" );
document.write( "too complicated, could you please explain it to me so it can make more <BR>\n" );
document.write( "sense. Thank You, Ryan aged 12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The first 4 letters of the word \"LINEar\" spell \"LINE\".  So an equation in <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y and x which has a graph which is a straight line, and not a curve, is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "called a \"linear equation\". It turns out that a linear equation is one <BR>\n" );
document.write( "that when it is simplified, has no x² or x³ or higher powers of x than <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the first power, no denominators containing x, no square roots containing<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x, no cube roots containing x, etc.  Here are some examples of linear <BR>\n" );
document.write( "equations:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x - 4y = 9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3y = 4x + 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -7x - 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3/4)x + (1/3)y = 1/2 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Any equation that can be put in the form <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ax + By = C<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where A, B and C are numbers is a linear equation, i.e., its graph is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a straight line.<BR>\n" );
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