The number of movie tickets bought and the total cost of the tickets can be represented using a relation.
\The total cost depends on the number of tickets bought.
\Let each ticket cost
can be represent this relation as a table.
| Number of tickets | \Total cost | \
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Number of tickets is the independent variable and should be graphed on the
-axis.
The total cost is the dependent variable and should be graphed on the
-axis.
Graph:
\Plot the points.
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Observe the graph:
\The relation as a set of ordered pairs where the number of tickets is the
-coordinate and total cost is
-coordinate.
The ordered pairs are
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The relation as a set of ordered pairs where the number of tickets is the
-coordinate and total cost is
-coordinate.
Three ways of representing a relation is
\| Number of tickets | \Total cost | \
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Graph:
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The ordered pairs are
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