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1 Decide whether the graph shown below is a function or not.

1 Decide whether the graph shown below is a function or not.-example-1
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According to the vertical line test, a curve represents a function only if the vertical line drawn at any point intersects the curve atmost once.

Observe that the given curve fails to satisfy this condition.

This concludes that the given curve does not represent a function.

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