How Can You Tell if a Function is Linear or Nonlinear From a Table?

How Can You Tell if a Function is Linear or Nonlinear From a Table?

Note:

To see if a table of values represents a linear function, check to see if there's a constant rate of change. If there is, you're looking at a linear function! This tutorial shows you how to tell if a table of values represents a linear function.

Keywords:

  • problem
  • table
  • nonlinear function
  • linear function
  • rate of change

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