A linear equation is an algebraic equation in which each term is either a constant or the product of a constant and (the first power of) a single variable. Linear equations can have one or more variables. Linear equations occur abundantly in most subareas of mathematics and especially in applied mathematics. While they arise quite naturally when m...
statement that a first-degree polynomial—that is, the sum of a set of terms, each of which is the product of a constant and the first power of a ... [2 related articles]
[n] - a polynomial equation of the first degree
noun a polynomial equation of the first degree
In mathematics, a relationship between two variables that, when plotted on Cartesian axes, produces a straight-line graph; the equation has the general form y = mx + c, where m is the slope of the line represented by the equation and c is ...
an algebraic equation in which each term is either a constant or the product of a constant and the first power of a single variable, and whose graph is therefore a straight line, e.g. y = 4, y = 5x + 3
An equation that contains two variables and can be plotted on a graph as a straight line.