Which function is nonlinear?

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katrin2010 [14]2 years ago

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Algebraically, linear functions are polynomials with highest exponent equal to 1 or of the form y = c where c is constant. Nonlinear functions are all other functions. An example of a nonlinear function is y = x^2. This is nonlinear because, although it is a polynomial, its highest exponent is 2, not 1.

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