You can easily tell by substituting 0 for a.
If the two equations are linear transformations of one another they have the same solution.
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.
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.
You can be certain if the equation is linear, that is, of the form ax + b = 0 where a and b are constants.
If it is in a y=mx+b format. Also, if there is a slope and a constant in the equation.
You can easily tell by substituting 0 for a.
A linear equation always has a degree of one because the slope has to be constant to form a line. So, x + 7 is linear, 7 - x is linear, 4x - 3.7 is linear, but anything with x2 , etc. is not linear.
Difficult to tell because of problems with the browser. 4x = 2x IS a linear equation whose solution is x = 0
By definition, if you graph the relationship between two variables and the result is a straight line (of whatever slope) that is a linear relationship. If it is a curve, rather than a straight line, then it is not linear.
If the two equations are linear transformations of one another they have the same solution.
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.
An equation (note spelling) is linear if it is made up exclusively of constants and of unknowns raised to the first power (e.g., 'z', as opposed to 'z^2')
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.
You can be certain if the equation is linear, that is, of the form ax + b = 0 where a and b are constants.
A linear equation is one in which there is an actual slope. In other words, if you graph it, it'll be a straight line. There are two ways of displaying a linear relationship: General form: Ax + By + C = 0; A B and C are all real numbers (though it is generally simplified so that they can all be expressed as integers.) Standard form: y = mx + b, where m and b are real numbers. This form is also called slope-intercept form. If you're given an equation where y = xn, where n isn't 1, then that would not be linear, since the graph is not a straight line, whereas y = x is linear. If y = x is graphed, then you'll see that it's a perfectly straight line. Since I rambled, I'll summarize: from the equation, you can tell if the relationship is linear if it can be expressed either as Ax + By + C = 0 or y = mx + b (A, B, C, m, b are all real numbers)
the relationship between variables and/or variables and values