Finite Math Examples

$y = \frac{100}{- x}$

Step 1

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = - \frac{100}{x}$

Step 2

A linear equation is an equation of a straight line, which means that the degree of a linear equation must be $0$ or $1$ for each of its variables. In this case, the degree of variable $y$ is $1$ , the degrees of the variables in the equation violate the linear equation definition, which means that the equation is not a linear equation.

Not Linear