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If π is a function on π₯ where set π₯ contains the numbers two, four, seven, and nine and where π of two equals nine, π of four equals two, π of seven equals four, and π of nine equals seven. Which of the following statements is true? Option A: π equals the ordered pairs two, seven; four, two; seven, nine; and nine, four. Option B: π contains the ordered pairs two, two; four, four; seven, seven; nine, nine. Option C: π contains the ordered pairs two, nine; four, two; seven, four; and nine, seven. Option D: π contains the numbers nine, two, four, and seven. Or option E: π contains the ordered pairs two, four; four, seven; seven, nine; and nine, two.
As any function needs to contain a set of ordered pairs, coordinates, or points, we can immediately rule out options D in this case. This leaves us with four possible answers. And to work out which one is the correct one, we need to understand what the notation in the question β π of two equals nine, π of four equals two, and so on β means. π of two equals nine, this means that when the π₯-value or the domain is two and we substitute that into the function π, our answer or π¦-value or our range is equal to nine. This means that our first ordered pair is two, nine. In the same way, π of four equals two means that our second ordered pair is four, two. Likewise, π of seven equals four means that we have a third ordered pair seven, four. And finally, π nine equals seven means that our fourth and final ordered pair in this case is nine, seven.
This means that the function π in this case has the four ordered pairs or coordinates: two, nine; four, two; seven, four; and nine, seven. So the correct answer was C.
