Which description could be written as a linear function?

A linear function has the variable raised only to the first power, in a form such as 2x + 8. “Eight more than twice a number” is written as 2x + 8, so it is linear. The square in choice C and the variable in the denominator in choice D make those expressions nonlinear; choice B involves two numbers rather than a single linear function of one variable.

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