NOTES… CHAPTER 1- FUNCTIONS NOTES… CHAPTER 1 -

FUNCTIONS
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CHAPTER 1: FUNCTIONS

The following table shows how relations and functions are the same and how
they are different.
RELATION FUNCTION

A relation is a rule that relates A function is a relation where each

values from a set of values (called element in the domain is related to
the domain) to a second set of values only one value in the range by some
(called the range). rule.

The elements of the domain can be The elements of the domain can be
imagined as input to a machine that imagined as input to a machine that
applies a rule to these inputs to applies a rule so that each input
generate one or more outputs. corresponds to only one output.

A relation is also a set of ordered A function is a set of ordered pairs

pairs (x, y). (x, y) such that no two ordered pairs
have the same x-value but different
y-value.

THE FUNCTION AS A MACHINE

SARAH JEAN C. NABUA

SARAH JEAN C. NABUA