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OpenStudy (sissyedgar):

Help Please! ღ Thankz! Determine which relation is a function. A. {(–4, 3), (–2, 3), (–1, 2), (2, 5), (3, 2)} B. {(–4, 1), (–2, 3), (–2, 1), (–1, 5), (3, 2)} C. {(–4, 1), (–2, 3), (–1, 2), (3, 5), (3, 2)} D. {(–4, 1), (–2, 3), (–1, 1), (–1, 5), (3, 2)}

OpenStudy (sissyedgar):

@TheSmartOne

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

I could have said that somebody asked a question like this yesterday! mhmmm

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

Let me find the explanation which I gve on the post :)

OpenStudy (sissyedgar):

kk

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

ah, it was a similar question, but here we go: nope, a function is where there is exactly one x-value for one y-value also, there can be 2 x-values with the 1 y-value BUT there cannot be 1 x-values with 2 y-values

OpenStudy (sissyedgar):

So how does that determine the answer? I kinda think its C... I dont know why but it looks right I guess! lol

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

do you know the vertical line test? :)

OpenStudy (sissyedgar):

uh, nurp!

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

ok so the vertical line test is basically you graph the line or the points and if you find two points in a vertical line that means it isn't a function so basically: |dw:1448324420898:dw| and: |dw:1448324452957:dw|

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