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Show that the function f : R → R, defined as f(x) = x 2 , is neither one-one nor onto.

Class 12, NCERT Chapter 1,  Example11

Since f(– 1) = 1 = f(1),
f is not one-one. 
Also, the element – 2 in the co-domain R is not the image of any element x in the domain R. Therefore f is not onto.

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