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Horizontal line test is used for the determination of a function,if the horizontal line passes through one point of the given graph then it is a function and if it passes through more than one point then it will not a function.

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No! It is a vertical line test. Consider the graph of y = sin(x): a horizontal line line will cross it twice in every 360 degrees! Convince me that y = sin(x) is not a function.

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