document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=205260>Question 205260</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am trying to figure out a \"word\" problem.  It goes, Let W be all the words in English.  A relation L is defined from W to the positivei ntegers that associates each word with the number of letters in the word.  For example, L(the)=3 since the word the has three letters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) What pairs in L have second coordinate 1?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) Is this relation a function and explain.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If I am using a word sample, I cannot come up with any words that would have a second coordinate of 1.  The word \"I\" = 1  or would any letter in the alphabet have a coordinate of 1 but the question is asking for pairs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Lori </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #154941 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=154941\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  I am trying to figure out a \"word\" problem. It goes, Let W be all the words in English. A relation L is defined from W to the positivei ntegers that associates each word with the number of letters in the word. For example, L(the)=3 since the word the has three letters. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The question is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) What pairs in L have second coordinate 1?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "All the pairs where the word has 1 letter, like I, or A.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(A,1) and (I,1)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) Is this relation a function and explain.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Yes because each of the \"words\" has only one number paired with it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. <BR>\n" );
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