Graph created with Desmos.com. Nonlinear Function vs. Linear Function: Steps In order to figure out if your function is linear or nonlinear, you have several options. From easiest to hardest, they are: Study the equation. If it neatly fits the equation y = mx + b, then it’s linear....
ACartesian planeis a graph with one x-axis and one y-axis (that’s why it’s sometimes called an X Y graph). These two axes are perpendicular to each other. Theorigin(O) is in the exact center of the graph. Numbers to the right of the zero on the x-axis are positive; numbers ...