document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=995537>Question 995537</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> True or False <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The rule y^2 =  x^3 defines a function.\r<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 #614270 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=614270\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i would say false.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y^2 = x^3 is solved as follows:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "take the square root of both sides to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = plus or minus sqrt(x^3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that plus or minus tell you that you have more than one value of y for each value of x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "for example:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "assume that x = 4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you have y^2 = x^3 which means that y^2 = 64 when x is 4 because 4^3 = 64.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "take the square root of both sides of that equation to get y = +/- 8.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "for the value of x = 4, you can get y = + 8 or - 8.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "more than one value of y for a given value of x means that you do not have a function since that violates the rules of a function that state that there is one and only one value of y for each and every value of x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "there may be only one possible value of y^2, but there are more than one possible value of y.\r<BR>\n" );
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