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Relations and Functions
Kelley Wood
MEDT 7477
Dr. Cooper
Fall 2012
What is a Relation?
A RELATION in math is what you would
think of when you here the word relationship
referring to people.
It’s a correspondence between two things.
In Math:
A relation is listed as a set of
ordered pairs. We’re familiar with
x- and y-values in an ordered
pair, but we learned some new
vocabulary words that refer to
these by different names.
This is Dixi – She’s the X-value.
Her name is an acronym.
Domain
Input
X Value
Independent Variable
D.I.X.I
This is Roy D – He’s the y-
value.
His name is an acronym.
Range
Output
Y Value
Dependent Variable
R.O.Y. – D.
A Function is a Relation
In order for a relation to be a function, Dixi cannot
cheat on Roy-D.
There are various ways to represent relations. Listen as Ms. Grajkowske explains
the different ways.
Did you notice those relations were not
functions? Well they weren’t because -2 in the
domain was paired up with 2 and -2 in the range.That’s CHEATING!!!!
Remember in order for a relation to be a function,
each element in the domain can be paired with only one
element in the range.
To Recap: Different Ways to Represent Relations/Functions
Mapping Diagram
Ordered Pair
Table
Graph