Examples

Determine if Linear
Step 1
Simplify .
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Step 1.1
Simplify by multiplying through.
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Step 1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.1.2
Reorder.
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Step 1.1.2.1
Move to the left of .
Step 1.1.2.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.2.1
Move .
Step 1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.3
Reorder and .
Step 2
A linear equation is an equation of a straight line, which means that the degree of a linear equation must be or for each of its variables. In this case, the degree of variable is and the degree of variable is .
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