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| Question 633754:  Determine whether the relation is a function.
 {(-2, -7), (3, -5), (6, -4), (9, -6), (10, -1)}
 
 Answer by MathLover1(20850)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Function is a set of ordered pairs where each first element is paired with one and only one second element and no element in either pair
 is without a partner.
 remember:
 • a relation is a function if every input has exactly one output
 • in the plot, for each x-coordinate, there is only one y-coordinate
 
 • the domain is 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 and the range is 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7. [The x-coordinates of the points are the domain and the y- coordinates are the range.]
 you have
 {(-2, -7), (3, -5), (6, -4), (9, -6), (10, -1)}
 as you can see, for each x-coordinate, there is only one y-coordinate
 your the domain is -2, 3, 6,9 and 10 and the range is -7, -5, -4, -6 and -1
 so, the relation
       
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