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How do you know if an ordered pair output is a function?

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You could set up the relation as a table of ordered pairs. Then, test to see if each element in the domain is matched with exactly one element in the range. If so, you have a function!

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If there is more than one X value in the ordered pairs and they have different Y values, it is not a function. Otherwise, it is a functio

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