document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=961612>Question 961612</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> determine whether each equation defines y as a function of x.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #587562 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=587562\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Not this one.  See <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  y can be either negative or positive, so two values of y for any single x.  Here y is not a function of x, although x is a function of y. </SPAN>\n" );
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