document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=59677>Question 59677</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is this equation a linear equation? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ab – 3b = 9 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #40942 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=praseena><B>praseena(37)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=praseena><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=40942\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ab-3b is not a linear equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Explanation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A linear equation is an equation involving only the sum of constants or products of constants and the FIRST POWER of a variable.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "here  power of the first term is not 1 but it is 2 .  so it is not a linear equation. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "o.k. </SPAN>\n" );
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