Question

Which of the following functions is not a linear

Answer 1

By looking at the degree of the polynomials, we conclude that the option that is not linear is option C.

Which of the following functions is not a linear function?

A polynomial is an expression of the form:

$p(x) = a_n*x^n + a_{n-1}*x^{n-1} + ... + a_0$

Where all the exponents are natural numbers.

We define the degree of a polynomial as the largest exponent, and we define a linear function as a polynomial of degree 1.

So a linear function is of the form:

$f(x) = a_1*x + a_0$

Now, if you look at option C, you can see that the degree of that polynomial is 2. So that is not a linear function.

Then the correct option is C.

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