Question 766413: which set of ordered pairs is a function
(1,2)(3,4)(5,6)(3-4)
(8,4)(4,3)(2,2)(8,1)
(2,5)(3,10)4,15)5,20)
(2,4)(2,3)(2,1)(2,0)
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20081) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rule:
Make a list of all first coordinates
If the list contains any number more than once it is NOT a function
If the list contains each number once only, it is a function.
Note: [It does not matter whether any of the second coordinates are
the same or not, only the first coordinates matter.]
----------------------------------------------------------------
(1,2)(3,4)(5,6)(3,-4)
That one is not a function because the list of first coordinates 1,3,5,3
contains 3 more than once, in this case twice.
(8,4)(4,3)(2,2)(8,1)
That one is not a function because the list of first coordinates 8,4,2,8,
contains 8 more than once, in this case twice.
(2,5)(3,10)(4,15)(5,20)
That one is a function because the list of first coordinates 2,3,4,5, does
not contain the same number twice.
(2,4)(2,3)(2,1)(2,0)
That one is not a function because the list of first coordinates 2,2,2,2,
contains 2 more than once, in this case four times.
Edwin
|
|
|