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Express y as a function of x in x
2
+ y
5
= 10
1) Move x
2
to the right side with subtraction.
y
5
= 10 x
2
2) Now take the 5th root of both sides.
y = 10 x
2 5
3) When you plot this, you get the curve below.
It pasess the vertical line test for functions.
-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
x
4
3
2
1
-1
-2
-3
-4
y