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Is the graph shown below a function or not a function

Is the graph shown below a function or not a function-example-1
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A function relates an input to an output.

A function is a relation from a set of inputs to a set of possible outputs where each input is related to exactly one output.

From the graph given, all the inputs have more than one output.

Thus, it is not a function.

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