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$\"8x%5E2-1=0\"$ \r
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document.write( "It's an equation which is not linear, because it contains an  term.\r\n" );
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document.write( "How to recognize a linear equation,\r\n" );
document.write( "After all like terms are combined on one\r\n" );
document.write( "side of the equation, and with only 0 on the other side,\r\n" );
document.write( "MUST NOT CONTAIN any of these: \r\n" );
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document.write( "1. a variable to any power other than 1.\r\n" );
document.write( "2. a variable under a denominator.\r\n" );
document.write( "3. a variable under a radical.\r\n" );
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document.write( "A linear equation in one variable can\r\n" );
document.write( "be simplified to the form x = A, where A is a number, and\r\n" );
document.write( "x is a variable.\r\n" );
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