Can someone explain to me better on identifying linear functions? Like how would I know the difference when identifying them? Are they a function or not?

Jamie went to home depot. she bought 25 bags of soil that cost $9 per bag. she bought 15 pots at $8 each, and she bought 23 bags of pebbles at $15 each. she used a coupon that gave her $5 off for every 100 dollars she spent. how much did jame pay at the end?

On traditional maps, earth is represented in a flat plane, or by euclidean geometry. however, a globe is a more accurate model that comes from elliptical geometry. how does a globe represent the fact that there are no parallel lines in elliptical geometry? the equator is not parallel to any other latitudinal lines. the north and south poles are never connected by a geodesic. the geodesics connecting the north and south poles never intersect. the geodesics connecting the north and south poles intersect at both of the poles.

Acircle has a radius of 12.6cm what is the exact length of an arc formed by a central angle measuring 120