SOLUTION: Is this a function. On the graph it looks like a big check mark but backwards. The coordinates I have are as follows. point1 (-8,7) and (4,-5) point2 (4,-5) and (8,-1) I don

SOLUTION: Is this a function. On the graph it looks like a big check mark but backwards. The coordinates I have are as follows. point1 (-8,7) and (4,-5) point2 (4,-5) and (8,-1) I don

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Question 255191: Is this a function. On the graph it looks like a big check mark but backwards. The coordinates I have are as follows.
point1 (-8,7) and (4,-5)
point2 (4,-5) and (8,-1)
I dont understand what makes it a function if it is a function.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Is there more than one y for any one x?
if so not a function
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