Question

Which table represents a nonlinear function?

A two column table with five rows. The first column, x, has the entries, 0, 1, 2, 3. The second column, y, has the entries, negative 19, negative 11, negative 3, 5.

A two column table with five rows. The first column, x, has the entries, 0, 1, 2, 3. The second column, y, has the entries, negative 1.5, 1.5, 3, 4.5.

A two column table with five rows. The first column, x, has the entries, 0, 1, 2, 3. The second column, y, has the entries 15, 12, 9, 6.

Answer 1

B

Explanation:

Answer 2

A two column table with five rows. The first column, x, has the entries, 0, 1, 2, 3. The second column, y, has the entries, negative 1.5, 1.5, 3, 4.5.

Explanation:

When the x-values are evenly spaced, a linear function will have evenly-space y-values.

In the first table, the y-differences are all +8.

In the second table, the y-differences are 0, 1.5, 1.5, so are not all the same.

In the third table, the y-differences are all -3.

The second table represents a non-linear function.

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In the graph, you can see that the points from the second table (purple) are not on a straight line.