SOLUTION: Decide if the system of equations in two variables is linear or nonlinear. x=4y+3 3x-y=4 Linear Nonlinear

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Question 1089546: Decide if the system of equations in two variables is linear or nonlinear.
x=4y+3
3x-y=4
Linear
Nonlinear

Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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Both variables/unknowns x and y are in the degree 1 ====> the equations are linear  ====>  the system is linear.


Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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What exponent for the variables? Only power 1. Any variable multiplied by another variable? No.
LINEAR