document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=226510>Question 226510</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine whether the equation defines a function with independent variable x.  If it does, find the domain.  If it does not, find a value of x to which there corresponds more than one value of y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x|y| = x + 9 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "|y| = (x + 9)/x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (x + 9)/x  .... or   y = -(x+9)/x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the equation is not a function of x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=2 ----> y=(2+9)/2=11/2   or    x=2 ---> y = -(2+9)/2 = -11/2 </SPAN>\n" );
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