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Revision as of 04:02, 12 September 2008
$ y=e^x $
This function is linear because for each y value has only one corresponding x value, and each x value has only one corresponding y value.
$ y=x^4 $
This function is not linear because for every y value there are two possible x values that could produce the same result.