Algebra 2 Companion Book, Volume 1

1.2.1 Relations and Functions (continued) Example 3 Using the Vertical Line Test

Every point on a vertical line has the same x -coordinate, so a vertical line cannot represent a function. If a vertical line passes through more than one point on the graph of a relation, the relation must have more than one point with the same x -coordinate. Therefore the relation is not a function.

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