FUNCTIONS

Relations
&
Functions
What is the difference between RELATIONS and FUNCTIONS?
RELATIONS- FUNCTIONS-
A relation is A function is a set of
also a set of ordered pairs (x, y) such
that no two ordered
ordered pairs pairs have the same x-
(x, y). value but different y-
values.
What is the difference between RELATIONS and FUNCTIONS?
RELATIONS- FUNCTIONS-
The elements of the The elements of the
domain can be domain can be
imagines as input to a imagined as input to a
machine that applies machine that applies a
rule to these inputs to rule so that each input
generate one or more corresponds to only one
outputs. output.
Example #1: Which of the following relations
are functions?
Example 2. Which of the following mapping diagrams represent functions?
a. c.

b.
Example 3. Is this a function or not?
Example 3. Is this a function or not?
Example 3. Is this a function or not?
Example 3. Is this a function or not?
Example 3. Is this a function or not?
TABLE OF VALUES
-This shows the correspondence between a set
of values of x and a set of values of y in a
tabular form.
EXAMPLE 4. Which of the following
represents a function?
EXAMPLE 5. Identify the domain for
each relation using set builder notation.
 FUNCTIONS AS
REPRESENTATIONS OF
REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS
EXAMPLE 1. Give a function
C that can represent the cost
of buying x meals, if one meal
costsP40.
EXAMPLE 2.
One hundred meters of
fencing is available to
enclose a rectangular area
next to a river (see figure).

Give a function A that can

represent the area that
can be enclosed, in terms
of x.
PIECEWISE FUNCTIONS
Some situations can only be described by
more than one formula, depending on the
value of the independent variable.
EXAMPLE 1. A user is charged P300
monthly for a particular mobile plan,
which includes 100 freetext messages.
Messages in excess of 100 are charged
P1 each.
Represent the amount a consumer
payseach month as a function of the
number of messages m sent in a month.
EXAMPLE 2. A jeepney ride costs P8.00
for the first 4 kilometers, and each
additional integer kilometer adds P1.50
to the fare.
Use a piecewise function to represent
the jeepney fare in terms of the
distance d in kilometers.
Example 3. The cost of hiring a catering
service to serve food for a party is P150
per head for 20 persons or less, P130 per
head for 21 to 50 persons, and P110 per
head for 51 to100persons. For 100 or more
persons, the cost is at P100 per head.

Represent the total cost as a piecewise

function of the number of attendees of
the party.