SOLUTION: Tutor please help me too answer this guestion. I need to determine whether this relation is a function... [(5,-2),(3,2),(4,-1),(-2,2)] P.s What is a function?

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Question 37201: Tutor please help me too answer this guestion.
I need to determine whether this relation is a function...
[(5,-2),(3,2),(4,-1),(-2,2)]
P.s What is a function?

Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A function is a relation between variables where for every x, there is at most only one y. These four points are a function as given. If points like (5, -2) and (5, 3) were given, it would NOT be a function because you get two different y's for one x.
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