document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=831310>Question 831310</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is this table linear?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x    y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5     8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10   11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30   20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50  25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100 36\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How do you tell? And how would you find the formula? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x    y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5     8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10   11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30   20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50  25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100 36<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's not linear.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How do you tell?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For these points<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10   11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30   20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50  25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the 2 x differences are equal, the y's are not.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And how would you find the formula?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What formula? </SPAN>\n" );
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