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Which ordered pair can be plotted together with these four points so that the resulting graph represents a function?

Which ordered pair can be plotted together with these four points so that the resulting-example-1
User Faulty Orc
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Step 1. We are given a graph with 4 points and we need to select which of the options can be added to the graph so that the point will still represent a function.

The points we have are:

Step 2. The rule so that the set of points (x,y) represent a function is:

This means that we cannot have different y-values for just one x-value.

Step 3.

Analyzing the options:

(-2,3) --> We already have a point that is (-2,-2) so if we include this point we will have another y-value (3) for the same x-value of -2. Therefore, this is not the answer.

A similar thing happens with the points

(3,0) and (-2,0) --> We already have a point that is (3,1) so we cannot include (3,0) and we cannot include (-2,0) for the same reason we could not include (-2,3)

Therefore, the only correct choice is:

(0,3) Because we don't have already any point at x=0 and will not be repeating it or having more than one y-value for the same x-value.

Answer:

(0, 3)

Which ordered pair can be plotted together with these four points so that the resulting-example-1
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