document.write( "Question 612470: is 1/2x=0 a linear equation using the linear equation ax+b=0. My thinking is no because it does not a \"b\" variable.... Am I right with that line of thinking or is it a linear equation ot is it not because of a different reason. \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Of course it has a \"b\". b just happens to equal zero in this case so they didn't bother writing it in. But it is there nonetheless. Your equation is linear because the variable is raised to the 1 power. Putting in all of the elements that were left out:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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