document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1054114>Question 1054114</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> As the value of x increases by 1 each time, the value of y decreases by the square of x. Is this function linear or nonlinear? Explain your reasoning <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you help me work it out step by step using a table.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope = (change in y)/(corresponding change in x) = -sqrt(x)/1 = -sqrt(x)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But -sqrt(x) is a variable, so the slope is not constant, so the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "function is not linear.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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