SOLUTION: Why is rounding to the nearest tenth a function?

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Question 598416: Why is rounding to the nearest tenth a function?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, richard1234:
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Why is rounding to the nearest tenth a function?
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It is not a function.
Both 2.32 and 2.34 round down to 2.3
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Because any real number can be rounded to the nearest tenth (e.g. there are no two "nearest tenths" -- even if we have a number such as 3.45 we normally round up).

In other words, each number is mapped to exactly one output (or y-value). If you are curious, here is a graph:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=f%28x%29+%3D+round%28x%2C.1%29