Um depends are you trying to get the x byitself?
Consider this decimal as a fraction.
We have:

We now can take the square root of the numerator and the denominator separately for a result of 16/10, or 1.6.
Yes it does represent a function
Answer:
In step 3
4m = 4 + 4n
-4m = -32 -8n. (step 2)
If you add -4m, 4m you end up with
-4m+4m=-32 -8n + 4n +4
In step 3. the 4 was not added
continuing to solve 4n=-28, n=-7