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Any variable in a linear equation is to the first power.The exponent is normally not written.
Equations can be classified according to the highest power of the variable. Since the highest power of the variable in a linear equation is one, it is also called a first-order equation.
When an equation has a variable in it (only one), then there are only certainvalues the variable can have that will make the equation a true statement."Solving" the equation means finding those values for the variable.
(x,y) or (variable that cones first in the alphabet, variable that comes second in the alphabet)
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