SOLUTION: Explain why a linear inequality cannot be a function

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Question 1005852: Explain why a linear inequality cannot be a function
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Region of a plane instead of just points on a curve means that each input can have more than one "output", so not a function. Another way to describe this is that the inequality will fail the "vertical line test".