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What is a linear equation?

 Sep 3, 2014

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A linear equation is one that graphs to give a straight line. 

 Sep 3, 2014
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A linear equation is something that produces a line on a graph found in the format y = mx + b with m as the slope, b as the y-intercept (when x = 0), and x & y as the points on the graph.

 

A simple linear equation is y = x. Note, that this is basically a line passing through the origin (0,0) and is diagonal. Since y =x, we get a line with a slope of 1.

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A linear equation is one that graphs to give a straight line. 

Melody Sep 3, 2014

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