Kalman Filter - When a state model is linear

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I'm a bit confused with the definition of linear model. Screenshot from Cornell ppt

from http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs4758/2013sp/materials/cs4758_kalmanexamples.pdf

It says that the model is linear. Why? I don't understand how the state model could be linear since we have a cos(t/5).

Any help would be appreciated.