Why is a linear function not be adequate for describing the supply and demand fuctions?

Achemist has 200 ml of a 10% sucrose solution. she adds x ml of a 40% sucrose solution. the percent concentration, y, of the final mixture is given by the rational function: the chemist needs the concentration of the final mixture to be 30%. how many milliliters of the 40% solution should she add to the 10% solution to get this concentration?

Igor stravinsky tires sells approximately 3,760,000 car tires and 1,200,000 truck tires each year. about 47,000,000 care tires and 26,000,00 truck tires are sold each year in the united states. what is stravinsky's market share in each of these two markets (cars and trucks)?

Solve: 3x+y=6 4x-2y=18 show all work !