document.write( "Question 1144960: For y= -3 + 3, is this a function? If so, find its domain and range. If not, give your reason\r
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document.write( "In order to judge, is the given mathematical object a function or not, you should have a DEFINITION of this object as a function.\r\n" );
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document.write( "This definition might be DIRECT and EXPLICIT, or clear from a context.\r\n" );
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document.write( "An equation is NOT a definition of a function.  \r\n" );
document.write( "Even an expression is not a definition of a function, although at some context it might be. \r\n" );
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document.write( "In the given post, there is NO definition of the function \"y\", NEITHER explicit NOR from the context.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, there is no a base to discuss the subject.\r\n" );
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