SOLUTION: How do we solve functions? It's like i'm still stuck on trying to find the output of a number. My other question is a function like a equation?

Question 375634: How do we solve functions? It's like i'm still stuck on trying to find the output of a number. My other question is a function like a equation?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solve them how?? Usually you use the function to give you output values for a given input value.
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Kind of, yes.
However, functions require a unique y value for each given x value.
So an equation like, , although an equation is not a function because for x=1, y can equal 1 and y can equal -1, so there is not a unique y value for each x.

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