Mapping Diagrams, Tables, and Graphs

and Vertical Line Test

Notes

Representing Functions and Relations

You can represent relations/functions as a Table,
Mapping Diagram, Ordered Pairs, and Graph
Ordered Pairs: {(2,3), (5,2), (3,8), (1,6)}
Table:
Mapping Diagram:
Graph:

Vertical Line Test

If you can draw a vertical line anywhere
on a graph so that it hits the graph in more
than one spot, then the graph is NOT a
function.

How to Perform the Vertical Line Test:

1. Draw a vertical line through the graph, from
left to right.
2. If the line intersects the graph at more than
one point, it fails the vertical line test, and is
NOT a function.
3. If the line only intersects at one point, then it
passes the vertical line test, and IS a function.

Vertical Line Test - Functions

y

y
x

y
x

Function

Function
y

Not a
Function

y
x

Function

Not a
Function

y
x

y
x

Function
y

Not a
Function

Not a
Function