Is this equation linear or nonlinear? 5xy + 4 = 9

Mathematics

2 answers:

guajiro [1.7K]3 years ago

6 0

It is definitely linear

Akimi4 [234]3 years ago

5 0

5xy+4=9

5xy=5

xy=1

y=1/x

So this is of the form kx^(-1), this is not linear as the rate of change is not constant...only kx^1 will have a constant rate of change and be linear.

If you graph it you will see that it is exponential....definitely not a straight line :P

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