SOLUTION: The ordered pairs (1, 25), (2, 36), (3, 49), (4, 64), and (5, 81) represent a function. What is a rule that represents this function?
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Question 670758: The ordered pairs (1, 25), (2, 36), (3, 49), (4, 64), and (5, 81) represent a function. What is a rule that represents this function?
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The rule is f(x) = (x+4)^2 because this list is the set of perfect squares, but we're not starting at 0, we're starting at 25 (so you have to shift everything by adding 4 to each x)
ex: when x = 1, y = (x+4)^2 ---> y = (1+4)^2 ---> y = 25
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