SOLUTION: Which of the following relations is a function? A. (1, 1), (-1, 4), (-4, 1), (1, -5) B. (-4, 1), (-1, 4), (1, -5), (-1, 6) C. (-4, 1), (-1, -5), (1, 5), (7, 1)

Question 1135672: Which of the following relations is a function?
A.
(1, 1), (-1, 4), (-4, 1), (1, -5)
B.
(-4, 1), (-1, 4), (1, -5), (-1, 6)
C.
(-4, 1), (-1, -5), (1, 5), (7, 1)
D.
(-4, 4), (-1, 6), (-4, 3), (7, 2)

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A relation defined by a set of ordered (x,y) pairs is a function if there are not two different y values for the same x value.

I'll get you started: Answer A is NOT a function, because the two pairs (1,1) and (1,-5) have two different y values for the same x value.

Two of the other three answer choices have the same thing that makes them NOT functions. There is only one where that kind of thing does not occur; that one is the function.
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