SOLUTION: 1.) Each of the following tables shows the outputs for five different inputs. Try to decide how the output is being determined. Describe the function rule in words. Use the rule to

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Question 80034: 1.) Each of the following tables shows the outputs for five different inputs. Try to decide how the output is being determined. Describe the function rule in words. Use the rule to give the outputs for the last two inputs.
(Letter a.) was the only one I figured out myself.)
a.) Input | Output
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monkey | Y
kangaroo | O
crocodile | E
bear | R
melon | N
eagle | E
rabbit | T
Ans: last letter of word.
b.) Input | Output
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difference | 3
addition | 2
multiply | 2
product | 1
division | 3
quotient | ?
estimate | ?
Ans:
c.) Input | Output
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cucumber | 3
onion | 15
garlic | 7
tomato | 18
radish | 16
corn | ?
broccoli | ?
Ans:? (I though this answer was the 1st letter's placement in the alphabet, but I was wrong.)

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Here's the second one only. I can't figure out 
the third one.

difference | 3  (e occurs 3 times) 
addition | 2    (d and i each occur 2 times) 
multiply | 2    (l occurs 2 times)
product | 1     (each letter occurs just 1 time) 
division | 3    (i occurs 3 times) 
quotient | ?    (t occurs 2 times)
estimate | ?    (e and t each occur 2 times)
Ans:  The largest number of times any one letter 
occurs in the word. 

Edwin