There are two uses of the word "linear" in math. The first is simple: linear function is one who's graph is a straight line. This happens when the highest power of a polynomial x is 1, ie no terms...
you will know if it has an equals sign in it which makes both sides of the equations equal i.e.4x-1=2x+8 or 5y-4=y+6, you can actually work these ones out!n Hope this helped:):):)
3(x - 2) = 3x - 6 It is true for all values of x, and this is called an identity. If it is true only for some values it is called a conditional equation; for example x^2 - 2x - 3 = 0 is only true...