Question

y=-5(x+7) linear or nonlinear

Answer 1

$\text{The given equation is linear}$

Linear equations are of the form;

$y\text{ = mx + b}$

where we have it that the highest power of tha variables is 1

We can re-write the given equation to look like

$y\text{ = -5x-35}$

Thus, we have it in the form of the linear equation

Thus, we can conclude that the equation is linear