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Do linear equations form a line?

Updated: 9/15/2023
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Yes, the graph of a linear equation can be a line.

There are special cases, sometimes trivial ones like y=y or x=x which are linear equations, but the graph is the entire xy plane.

The point being, linear equations most often from a line, but there are cases where they do not.

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