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A function is shown in this table:

x: 0, 1, 2, 3
y: 5, 8, 11, 14

Is this function linear or nonlinear?

Linear -- the rate of change is constant at 3 for every step.

Nonlinear -- the output values keep increasing.

Linear -- because all the outputs are positive.

Nonlinear -- because the table has four rows.