SOLUTION: When do you use a=1/4f? What does the a stand for? and what does f stand for?

Question 437742: When do you use a=1/4f?
What does the a stand for? and what does f stand for?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

are another way of describing certain things mathematically. There is a special type of called a .
An algebraic relation is a set of ordered pairs, like (2,4) (3,6) (4,8) (5, 10).
The domain is: 2, 3, 4, 5 (These are all the values of the ordered pair)
The range is: 4, 6, 8, 10 (These are all the values of the ordered pair)
The contains the and the contains the . This means that the value of the range depends on the domain.
Think about the vending machine: What comes out of the machine (range) depends on what you put in (domain). You can't put in a nickel and expect a chocolate bar to pop out!
So. in your case , this is a function where the is all values of and the is all values of . The is the and the is the .

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