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Can you tell how a quadratic equation can become linear equation?
You can easily tell by substituting 0 for a.
How can you tell that an equation has the same solution as the original equation?
If the two equations are linear transformations of one another they have the same solution.
How can you tell a linear function from an equation?
An equation is a statement that two things are equal. A function is a rule or process that gives you a value if you give it something in its domain (the set of things on which it is defined) as an argument. Functions on numbers that are defined by a rule can usually be expressed by an equation. A linear function is one that can be defined by a linear equation.
How can you tell whether a linear function can be used to model a real life relationship?
You can create a scatter plot of the two variables. This may tell you if there is a relationship and, if so, whether or not it is linear. If there seems to be a linear relationship, you can carry out a linear regression. Note that the absence of a linear relationship does not mean that there is no relationship. The coordinates of the points on a circle do not show a linear relationship: the correlation coefficient is zero but there is a perfect and simple relationship between the abscissa and the ordinate. Even if there is evidence of a linear relationship, it may be valid only within the range of observations: do not extrapolate. For example, the increase in temperature of a body is linearly related to the amount of heat energy aded. However, for a solid, there will come a stage when the additional heat will not increase the temperature but will be used to melt (or sublimate) the solid. So the linear relationship will be broken.
How can you tell if an equation has at most one solution without solving it?
You can be certain if the equation is linear, that is, of the form ax + b = 0 where a and b are constants.
