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The ordered pairs shown below represent a relation R. R={(-2,2),(2,-2),(-4,4),(4,-4)} Is the relation R a function?Explain why or why not.

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A relation is a function if and only if no same x-coordinate has two or more y-coordinates.

To help us determine whether the relation is a function, let's mapped out the coordinates using a table.

As we can see, no one x-coordinate has two or more y-coordinates.

In other words, what we can see in the table above, every unique x-coordinate is paired with a unique y-coordinate as well. Therefore, the given relation R is a function, specifically, a one-to-one function.

The ordered pairs shown below represent a relation R. R={(-2,2),(2,-2),(-4,4),(4,-4)} Is-example-1
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