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Is the following relation a function? Graph of x equals y squared, which results in a horizontal parabola centered on the x axis, going through the origin, and opening to the right Yes No

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Answer:

NO IT IS NOT A FUNCTION

Explanation:

User Brian Ortiz
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It is not a function.

For any positive x this graph will give two different values y, and that is not allowed to happen for functions.

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