document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1151409>Question 1151409</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Decide whether the following function is linear or not linear.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "g(w)=−3−6w5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the function is linear write the equation in slope-intercept form, g(w)=mw+b, and enter the values for m and b in the blanks below. If the expression is not linear, write none in both blanks.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation in slope intercept form:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B= </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If you were given<BR>\n" );
document.write( "g(w) = -3-6w^5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then this function is <font color=red size=4>NOT linear</font> because this cannot be written in the form y = mx+b, or g(w) = mw+b. Any polynomial of degree n > 1 will be nonlinear. The degree in this case is n = 5 as this is the largest exponent. <BR>\n" );
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