For this case we have that by definition, a linear equation is of the form:

The variable (s) involved in the equation always have exponent 1.
Some examples of linear equations are:

Answer:
In a linear equation the variables have exponent 1.

Hello there! An example problem for this could be:
Emile is looking for a cell-phone plan. His two options are one that costs $40 up front, and costs $0.01 per text, represented by x. The second one is 15 dollars up front and costs $0.06 for each text message. Emile figures that for the first package he has to send 500 texts or more to make it less than the second one.
I believe the answer is -25/6 :)
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:

Yes. 60 remain 1 or 60.125 .