How to find linear equations with y=mx+b

A linear equation is an equation of a straight line, which means that the degree of a linear equation must be 0 or 1 for each of its variables. In this case, the degree of variable y is 1, the degree of variable m is 1, the degree of variable x is 1 and the degree of variable b is 1. The degrees of the variables in the equation violate the linear equation definition, which means that the equation is not a linear equation.

Not Linear

M = the slope that's controlling X and B = the y axis where the equation starts on