document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=590521>Question 590521</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> solve each equation if the domain is (-4,-2,0,2,4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -4x-6 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #375530 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=375530\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is a very strange question (or so it looks to me). Maybe this is how functions are taught somewhere nowadays.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The domain is the set of x values allowed for a function.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A function assigns one y value to each x value. (The same y value can be assigned to more than one x, but no x can have two different y values in a function).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "With only 5 x values in the domain, the function will consist of 5 (x,y) ordered pairs.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For x=-4, y=-4(-4)-6=16-6=10.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For x=-2, y=-4(-2)-6=8-6=2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For x=0, y=-4(0)-6=0-6=-6.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For x=2, y=-4(2)-6=-8-6=-14.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For x=4, y=-4(4)-6=-16-6=-22.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The function can be represented by the ordered pairs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-4,10), (-2,2), (0,-6), (2,-14), and (4,-22).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I guess that is what was meant to be the answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I do not know what notation was expected.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Maybe the function was expected to be represented as the set<BR>\n" );
document.write( "{(-4,10), (-2,2), (0,-6), (2,-14), and (4,-22)} </SPAN>\n" );
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