SOLUTION: I dont understand how to do the vertical line test, can you help?

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Question 402833: I dont understand how to do the vertical line test, can you help?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you place a vertical line on any point of the graph and that vertical line passes through more than one point on the graph, then the graph fails the vertical line test which tells us that the graph is not a function. If the graph doesn't fail, then the graph is a function.