Asked by martin

Which graph does not represent a function?

On a coordinate plane, a curved crosses the y-axis 1 time and the x-axis 2 times.

On a coordinate plane, a straight line with a negative slope crosses the y-axis 1 time and the x-axis 1 time.

On a coordinate plane, an oval line crosses the y-axis 2 times and the x-axis two times.

On a coordinate plane, a line with an s curve crosses the y-axis 1 time and the x-axis 1 time.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The oval (the closed loop that crosses the y-axis twice and the x-axis twice) is not a function.

Reason: it fails the vertical-line test — at x = 0 the oval gives two different y-values, so a single x corresponds to more than one y. The other graphs (the curved, the slanted line, and the S-shaped curve) can pass the vertical-line test and therefore represent functions.