Question

The table below represents an object thrown into the air.

A 2-column table with 7 rows. Column 1 is labeled Seconds, x with entries 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5. Column 2 is labeled Meters, y with entries 28, 48, 60, 64, 60, 48, 28.

Is the situation a function?

Answer 1

the table is not a function.

Explanation:

To determine if the situation represented by the given table is a function, we need to check if each input value in the first column (Seconds, x) corresponds to a unique output value in the second column (Meters, y).

Looking at the table, we can see that each value in the first column (Seconds, x) is different and does not repeat. However, there are repeated values in the second column (Meters, y). Specifically, the values 48 and 60 appear twice in the table.

Since there are repeated output values for different input values, the situation represented by the table is not a function.