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How many zeros can you have in an algebraic function?
For an algebraic function in one variable, as many as the highest power of the variable.
What one thing in this function tells you it will be nonlinear?
The presence of any term that is not a constant or a multiple of the independent variable. It can be any other power of that variable, or a trigonometric or exponential or any other function.
What makes a function linear?
Neither variable appears anywhere in the equation in a denominator, or raised to any power except the first power.
How do you know whether a relation is a function?
Use the definition of a function. If, for any value of one variable, there is only a single possible value of the second variable, then the second variable is a function of the first variable. The second variable is often called the "dependent variable". If you can solve an equation explicitly for the dependent variable, then it is a function. If you can NOT solve it for a variable, it may or may not be a function - it turns out that some equations are hard or impossible to solve explicitly for one of the variables.
What is another name for the output variable in a function?
Dependent variable
