SOLUTION: Is xy+3y=8 a linear equation. Please show work.

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Question 675893: Is xy+3y=8 a linear equation. Please show work.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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Linear Equations
Quick Definition: An equation that forms a straight line on a graph.
More precisely, a linear equation is one that is dependent only on constants and a variable raised to the first power.
For example, y=6x%2B2 is linear because it has no+squares, cubes, square+roots, sines, etc. Linear equations can always be manipulated to take this form:
y=ax%2Bb


xy%2B3y=8...solve for y


y%28x%2B3%29=8
y=8%2F%28x%2B3%29.......so, it's NOT a linear equation
it is hyperbola
+graph%28+600%2C+600%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+8%2F%28x%2B3%29%29+