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Can someone pls explain this?

Can someone pls explain this?-example-1
User John Scalo
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Answer:

A piecewise function.

Explanation:

The problem you showed is a piecewise function.

In this problem, you have to plug in 3 for the value x.

However, if you take a look at the conditions that value x has, it never says that x can equal 3. Thus, this function cannot be true.

Way to check this input is undefined:

Plug in 3 for the variable x. On the first function, your output will be 4. On the second function, your output will be 8.

According to the definition of a function, a function can have many inputs but only one output. In this case, this function has one input, that is 3, but produces two outputs.

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