SOLUTION: Is 1/2y=1 a linear equation?

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Question 525855: Is 1/2y=1 a linear equation?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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1/2y=1


1y=1*2


1y = 2


y = 2/1


y = 2


Since the equation is in the form y = mx+b, where m = 0 and b = 2, this means that y = 2 is a linear equation.

So by extension, is also a linear equation.