FUNCTIONS AND

EVALUATING
FUNCTIONS
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PREPARED BY:

SHEILA JEAN R. NINIEL

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WHAT IS A FUNCTION?
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WHAT IS A FUNCTION?

As we go through our everyday

activities, we encounter pairs of
quantities that related to each
other by some rule of
correspondence.
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WHAT IS A FUNCTION?

 The mathematical term for such a rule of

correspondence is so called relation.
For example,
1. A social security number is related to the
identity of a person, or;
2. The relation of the final grade of a student
to the exams, assignment, and projects.
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WHAT IS A FUNCTION?

A relation is a collection of ordered pair.

And such relation is called function.

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DEFINITION OF FUNCTION

It is a relation defined as a set of

ordered pairs (x, y) where no two or
more distinct ordered pairs have the
same first element (x).
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DEFINITION OF FUNCTION

 a relation in w/c each element of the domain

corresponds to exactly one element of the range
 a set of ordered pairs in w/c no two ordered –
pairs have the same first component but
different second components.
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What is the difference between
a Function and a Relation?
 RELATION

- A relation is a set of ordered pairs (x, y).

 FUNCTION

- A function is a set of ordered pairs (x, y)

such that no two ordered pairs have the same
x-value but different y-values.
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This function can be also presented by ordered pairs:

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The uniqueness of the image of an

element domain is crucial.
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PUT IN MIND
“Every function is a
relation, but not all relation
is a function.”
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QUESTIONS?
Another way of evaluating a
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function if you are given a

graph or an equation is so
called the VERTICAL LINE
TEST and HORIZONTAL LINE
TEST.
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What is Vertical and Horizontal
Line Test?
It is a set of points in a coordinate
plane wherein the graph of as a
function of if and only if no vertical
and horizontal line intersects the
graph at more than one point.
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FUNCTION OR NOT A FUNCTION?

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FUNCTION OR NOT A FUNCTION?

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PUT IN MIND!

To evaluate a graph, draw only

one vertical line and horizontal
line to any part of the given
graph.
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ORDERED - PAIR

A = { (1, 2), (2, 5), (3, 10), (4, 7)}

B = {(a, b), (c, d), (e, f), (g, h)}
C = {(1, 2), (3, 9), (5, 12)}
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TABLE OF VALUES
X Y

1 4

2 5

3 6
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EQUATION

y = 5x - 4
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GRAPH
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MAPPING DIAGRAM

L M

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V T

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RELATION

 ONE – TO – ONE

 ONE – TO – MANY

 MANY – TO – ONE
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FUNCTION

 ONE – TO – ONE
 MANY – TO – ONE
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REMEMBER

 RELATION: A set of ordered pair

 DOMAIN: Element of x

 RANGE: Element of y
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FUNCTION OR NOT A
FUNCTION

{( √ 𝟏𝟔,𝟏 ) , ( 𝟖,𝟐 ) , ( 𝟐 ,𝟏 ) ,(𝟐,𝟑)}

𝟐
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EVALUATING A FUNCTION

It is the process of determining

the value of the function at the
number assigned to a given
variable.
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