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Is this a function or not? Thank you.

Is this a function or not? Thank you.-example-1
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This is not a function. The square over the y means that when you solve for y, you'll get a plus/minus square root. This indicates that any given x value will produce more than one y value. Side Note: this graphs to form a hyperbola.

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