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Question 1165862: Is the relation (x - 3)^2 + (y - 4)^2 = 100 a function? Explain your reasoning.
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Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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No. This is a circle with center at (3, 4) and radius 10.
Circles violate the straight line test for functions and are therefore not functions.
Another way of saying this is that for any x, there can be two different values of y and that cannot occur in a function.