Representing a Function Verbally and with Tables - Examples, Exercises and Solutions

Function, describes a correlation or coincidence between a dependent variable (Y Y ) and an independent variable (X X ). The legitimacy of this relationship between the variables is called the " correspondence rule ".

Verbal representation of a function

The verbal representation of a function expresses the connection between variables verbally, i.e. through a story.

A typical verbal representation of a function can look like this:

  • Assuming that Daniel reads all the books he buys that month, the total number of books Daniel reads per year (Y Y ) is a function of the number of books Danny buys each month (X X ).

Tabular representation of a function

A tabular representation of a function is a demonstration of the legitimacy of a function using a table of values X X (independent variable) and the corresponding values Y Y (dependent variable).

In general, a table of values is shown as follows:

A1 - Verbal representation of a new function

Detailed explanation

Practice Representing a Function Verbally and with Tables

Question 1

Is the given graph a function?

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Question 2

Is the given graph a function?

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Question 3

Is the given graph a function?

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Question 4

Determine whether the following table represents a function

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Question 5

Determine whether the following table represents a function

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examples with solutions for representing a function verbally and with tables

Exercise #1

Is the given graph a function?

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Video Solution

Answer

Yes

Exercise #2

Is the given graph a function?

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Video Solution

Answer

No

Exercise #3

Is the given graph a function?

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Video Solution

Answer

Yes

Exercise #4

Determine whether the following table represents a function

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Video Solution

Answer

Yes

Exercise #5

Determine whether the following table represents a function

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Video Solution

Answer

Yes

Question 1

Determine whether the data in the following table represent a constant function

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Question 2

Determine whether the following table represents a function

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Question 3

Determine whether the following table represents a function

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Question 4

Is the given graph a function?

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Question 5

Is the given graph a function?

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examples with solutions for representing a function verbally and with tables

Exercise #1

Determine whether the data in the following table represent a constant function

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Video Solution

Answer

No

Exercise #2

Determine whether the following table represents a function

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Video Solution

Answer

No

Exercise #3

Determine whether the following table represents a function

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Video Solution

Answer

Yes

Exercise #4

Is the given graph a function?

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Video Solution

Answer

No

Exercise #5

Is the given graph a function?

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Video Solution

Answer

Yes

Question 1

Is the given graph a function?

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Question 2

Is the given graph a function?

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Question 3

Which of the following equations corresponds to the function represented in the graph?

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Question 4

Which of the following equations corresponds to the function represented in the table?

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Question 5

Which of the following equations corresponds to the function represented in the table?

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examples with solutions for representing a function verbally and with tables

Exercise #1

Is the given graph a function?

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Video Solution

Answer

No

Exercise #2

Is the given graph a function?

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Video Solution

Answer

Yes

Exercise #3

Which of the following equations corresponds to the function represented in the graph?

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Video Solution

Answer

y=−x−2 y=-x-2

Exercise #4

Which of the following equations corresponds to the function represented in the table?

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Video Solution

Answer

y=x+5 y=x+5

Exercise #5

Which of the following equations corresponds to the function represented in the table?

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Video Solution

Answer

y=23x+223 y=\frac{2}{3}x+2\frac{2}{3}

Topics learned in later sections

  1. Ways to represent a function
  2. Graphical Representation of a Function
  3. Algebraic Representation of a Function
  4. Notation of a Function
  5. Rate of Change of a Function
  6. Variation of a Function
  7. Rate of change represented with steps in the graph of the function
  8. Rate of change of a function represented graphically
  9. Constant Rate of Change
  10. Variable Rate of Change
  11. Rate of Change of a Function Represented by a Table of Values
  12. Functions for Seventh Grade
  13. Increasing and Decreasing Intervals (Functions)
  14. Increasing functions
  15. Decreasing function
  16. Constant Function
  17. Decreasing Interval of a function
  18. Increasing Intervals of a function
  19. Domain of a Function
  20. Indefinite integral
  21. Inputing Values into a Function