Question

Is 3xy + 8 = 4y a linear equation ?

Answer 1

Answer:

No because of the 3xy term. For an equation to be considered linear there has to be one y value for every x value given

Answer 2

It is not a linear equation because if you graph it is not linear. Each term must be either a constant or a product of a constant, but, in this case, there are 2 variables so it makes it non-linear looking at from a algebraic point-of-view.