8.F.A.3: Interpret the equation y = mx + b as defining a linear function whose graph is a straight line; give examples of functions that are not linear. For example, the function A = s2 giving the area of a square as a function of its side length in not linear because its graph contains the points (1,1), (2,4), and (3,9) which are not on a straight line.

Interpret the equation y = mx + b as defining a linear function whose graph is a straight line; give examples of functions that are not linear. For example, the function A = s2 giving the area of a square as a function of its side length in not linear because its graph contains the points (1,1), (2,4), and (3,9) which are not on a straight line.

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