SOLUTION: Determine whether the relation is a function... {(-2,-7),(3,-5),(6,-4),(9,-6),(10,-1)} and {(-5,-4),(-2,9),(-1,-2),(-1,7)} and {(-7,-1),(-7,2),(-1,8),(3,3),(10,

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Question 699348: Determine whether the relation is a function...
{(-2,-7),(3,-5),(6,-4),(9,-6),(10,-1)}
and

{(-5,-4),(-2,9),(-1,-2),(-1,7)}

and
{(-7,-1),(-7,2),(-1,8),(3,3),(10,-7)}
and
{(1,-3),(1,1),(6,-8),(9,-3),(11,-3)}
and
{(-6,-9),(-2,1),(1,-1),(7,-7)}

Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are different ways to remember if a relation is a function, when given sets of points. Relationship in which a given input value always produces exactly one output value. Several inputs can have the same output, but a single+input+cannot have more+than+one+output.
A function is a set of ordered pairs in which each x-element has only ONE+y-element associated with it.
the best method to use is to make sure the x-values do not repeat:

{(-2,-7),(3,-5),(6,-4),(9,-6),(10,-1)}
If you look these pairs, there are no x's repeating; so, this is a function

and

{(-5,-4),(-2,9),(-1,-2),(-1,7)}
there are x's repeating;so, the relation shown above is NOT a function because the x-element -1 is paired with a y-element of -2 and also a y-element of 7

and
{(-7,-1),(-7,2),(-1,8),(3,3),(10,-7)}
there are x's repeating;so, the relation shown above is NOT a function because the x-element -7 is paired with a y-element of -1 and also a y-element of 2

and
{(1,-3),(1,1),(6,-8),(9,-3),(11,-3)}
there are x's repeating;so, the relation shown above is NOT a function because the x-element 1 is paired with a y-element of -3 and also a y-element of 1
and
{(-6,-9),(-2,1),(1,-1),(7,-7)}
there are no x's repeating; so, this is a function