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A quality control technician is using the equation x+y2=3x + y^2 = 3 to model the relationship between a machine's input setting xx and its output pressure yy. When the technician sets the input to x=2x = 2, the equation simplifies to y2=1y^2 = 1, indicating that the pressure yy could be either 1 or -1. Why does this result prove that yy is NOT a function of xx?

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