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Relations and Functions

The document explains the difference between relations and functions in algebra, emphasizing that all functions are relations but not all relations are functions. A function is defined as a relation that assigns one output for each input, with the domain representing all input values and the range representing all output values. An example is provided to illustrate how to determine the domain and range from a set of ordered pairs.

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Relations and Functions

The document explains the difference between relations and functions in algebra, emphasizing that all functions are relations but not all relations are functions. A function is defined as a relation that assigns one output for each input, with the domain representing all input values and the range representing all output values. An example is provided to illustrate how to determine the domain and range from a set of ordered pairs.

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“Relations and Functions” are the most important

topics in algebra. Relations and functions – these


are the two different words having different
meanings mathematically. You might get confused
about their difference. Before we go deeper, let’s
understand the difference between both with a
simple example.

An ordered pair is represented as (INPUT,


OUTPUT):

The relation shows the relationship between INPUT


and OUTPUT. Whereas, a function is a relation
which derives one OUTPUT for each given INPUT.

Note: All functions are relations, but not all


relations are functions.

A function is a relation which describes that there


should be only one output for each input (or) we can
say that a special kind of relation (a set of ordered
pairs), which follows a rule i.e., every X-value
should be associated with only one y-value is called
a function.

Domain It is a collection of the first values in the


ordered pair (Set of all input (x) values).
Range It is a collection of the second values in the
ordered pair (Set of all output (y) values).

In the relation, {(-2, 3), {4, 5), (6, -5), (-2, 3)},
The domain is {-2, 4, 6} and range is {-5, 3, 5}.

Note: Don’t consider duplicates while writing the


domain and range and also write it in increasing
order.

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