Answer:
Not a quadratic function.
Step-by-step explanation:
Definitions
A function is a relation wherein each input or x-value corresponds exactly to an output or y-value. In other words, a relation is a function if there are no repeating x-values.
Vertical Line Test :
A way to determine whether a given graph represents a function is to perform the Vertical Line Test. Using the Vertical Line Test, we must draw vertical lines across the graph. If each of the vertical lines drawn intersects the graph at exactly one point, then the relation is a function.
⇒ The attached screenshot shows that the given graph fails the Vertical Line Test, as each vertical line drawn intersects the graph more than once. This means that those x-values correspond to more than one y-value. Specifically, x = 1 corresponds to the following y-values: y = -1 and y = 1. Hence, the given horizontal parabola is not a quadratic function.
Horizontal Parabola: Not a Function
The given graph represents a horizontal (or sideways) parabola.
The vertex form of the horizontal parabola is: x = a(y - k)² + h.
where:
a = Determines the direction of the graph's opening.
- a > 0, the graph of the parabola opens to the right.
- a < 0, the graph of the horizontal parabola opens to the left
y = k is the horizontal axis of symmetry
k = determines the vertical translation of the graph
h = determines the horizontal translation of the graph
Equation of the Horizontal Parabola in Vertex Form:
The vertex of the given graph occurs at the point of origin, (0, 0).
Let's use one of the given points on the graph, (1, 1), and substitute these values into the vertex form to solve for a :
x = a(y - k)² + h
1 = a(1 - 0)² + 0
1 = a( 1 )²
1 = a
Equation of the given horizontal parabola in vertex form:
⇒ x = (y - 0)² + 0 or x = y²
It is evident that in the vertex form of a horizontal parabola, the variable, y, is squared.
- This implies that each x-values on the graph have more than one corresponding y-values:
x = 1 has two y-values: y = -1, and y = 1.
x = 4 has two y-values: y = -2, and y = 2.
Thus, by definition of function, the given horizontal parabola is not a quadratic function, as it fails the vertical line test.
