How Can You Tell If A Function Is Linear Or Nonlinear From A Table?

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Real math help. 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?

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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.

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Background Tutorials

Rate of Change
- How Do You Find the Rate of Change Between Two Points in a Table?
  
  The rate of change is a rate that describes how one quantity changes in relation to another quantity. This tutorial shows you how to use the information given in a table to find the rate of change between the values in the table. Take a look!
- What is Rate of Change?
  
  Trying to describe the how something changes in relation to something else? Use rate of change! In this tutorial, learn about rate of change and see the difference between positive and negative rates of change!
Ordered Pairs and The Coordinate Plane
- What is the Coordinate Plane?
  
  You can't graph a function or plot ordered pairs without a coordinate plane! Learn about the coordinate plane by watching this tutorial.