document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=12541>Question 12541</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The question is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Tell whether the relation is a function\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  3--------> -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   \_________>>>>>>>(There's an arrow from 3 to -5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  2--------> -5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  5-------->  5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  4-------->  6\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I just do not comprehend this whole concept.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can you help? Thank you!! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #6446 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=AdolphousC><B>AdolphousC(70)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=AdolphousC><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=6446\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A relation is nothing more than a set of ordered pairs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A function is a set of ordered pairs with unique ( non-repeating ) X or Input Values.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So to solve this question make a list of ordered pairs using your arrows, the ordered pairs are<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3, -1), (3, -5), (2, -5), (5, 5), (4, 6)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now to tell weather this is a function or not, look at JUST the X values, if any of those X values repeat, that Relation is NOT a function, so since there are two 3's in the first and second ordered pair, that relation is NOT a function. </SPAN>\n" );
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