Algebra 1: Common Core (15th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133281140
ISBN 13: 978-0-13328-114-9

Chapter 4 - An Introduction to Functions - 4-2 Patterns and Linear Functions - Lesson Check - Page 243: 5

Answer

Does not represent a linear function

Work Step by Step

The graph doesn't represent a linear function because in order to be a linear function, a function needs to have a constant slope either increasing, decreasing or a flat line but this graph has an exponentially rising slope and thus it is an exponential growth function and not a linear function.
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