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document.write( "QUESTION:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "why equation \"x*x' = 1\" is non-linear ?<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( "Such an equation is equivalent to equating a first-degree polynomial to zero.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " These equations are called \"linear\" because they represent straight lines in Cartesian coordinates.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " A common form of a linear equation in two variables is y = mx + b, (e.g. y = 3x + 5). \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations involving terms such as x2, y1/3, and xy are \"non-linear\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X*X = 1 IA NOT  A LINEAR EQUATION.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "BECAUSE X*X MEANS  X^2, THAT IS THE POWER OF THE TERM IS 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SO THIS IS NOT A LINEAR RQUATION.\r<BR>\n" );
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