SOLUTION: 1. Which equation or function is linear? (A)y=3/x+1 (B)2y=2x-1/4 (C)3xy=4

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Question 652322: 1. Which equation or function is linear?
(A)y=3/x+1
(B)2y=2x-1/4
(C)3xy=4
Answer by Shana-D77(132) About Me  (Show Source):
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(B)!
Linear will never have an x in the denominator (like in (A)) or an x and a y multiplied by each other (like in (C)). If you were to solve (C) for y (so that you could graph it) you would get y = 4/3x (x in the denominator = nonlinear!)