SOLUTION: Function or Not a Function x+y=9 and x^2+y^2=1 and x=y^2

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Question 699368: Function or Not a Function


x+y=9
and
x^2+y^2=1
and
x=y^2

Answer by lwsshak3(11628) About Me  (Show Source):
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Function or Not a Function
To be a function, for each x you must have only one y value
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x+y=9
This is a straight line so it is a function
and
x^2+y^2=1
This is an equation of a circle where an x can have two different y-values, therefore not a function
and
x=y^2
This is a parabola that opens right, so like the circle an x can have two different y-values, therefore not a function