document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=652322>Question 652322</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1. Which equation or function is linear?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(A)y=3/x+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(B)2y=2x-1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(C)3xy=4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Linear will never have an x in the denominator (like in (A)) or an x and a y multiplied by each other (like in (C)).  If you were to solve (C) for y (so that you could graph it) you would get y = 4/3x (x in the denominator = nonlinear!)    </SPAN>\n" );
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