SOLUTION: Please help. Is the following relation a function? (yes/no) {{(-3,2),(2,-3),(3,2)(4,-3)(1,-3)}} Thank you

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Is the following relation a function? (yes/no)
{{(-3,2),(2,-3),(3,2)(4,-3)(1,-3)}}
Thank you

Answer by fcabanski(1391)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For a relation (a set of (x,y) coordinates) to be a function, each x must correspond to only one y.


In {{(-3,2),(2,-3),(3,2)(4,-3)(1,-3)}} each x has only one y, so this is a function.

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