Which one of the following is not a function?

Question:

Which one of the following is not a function?

(a) {(xy) : xy ∈ R, x2 = y}

(b) {(xy) : xy ∈, R, y2 = x}

(c) {(xy) : xy ∈ R, x2 = y3}

(d) {(xy) : xy ∈, R, y = x3}

Solution:

(b) {(xy) : xy ∈, R, y2 = x}

$y^{2}=x$ gives two values of $y$ for a value of $x$.

i.e. there are two images for a value of $x$.

For example: $(2)^{2}=4$ and $(-2)^{2}=4$

Thus, it is not a function.

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