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General
Mathematics
Quarter 1 – Module 3
One-to-One and
Inverse Functions

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General
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Quarter 1 – Module 3:
One-to-One and Inverse
Functions

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Lesson One-to-One Function
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What I need to know

At the end of the lesson, the learner will be able to:

• Represent real life situation using one-to-one
• Illustrate one-to-one functions
• Identify one-to-one functions
• Illustrate horizontal line test

What I know

Pre-Test
Multiple Choice. Write the letter of your
answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. It is a relation where each element in the domain is related to only one value in the
range by some rule.
A. One-to-one function C. Function
B. . Relation D. Many-to-one function

2. What do call the rule that relates values from a set of values (called the domain) to
a second set of values (called the range)?
A. One-to-one function C. Function
B. Relation D. One-to-many relatiom

3. What is the inverse of f(x)=1 ?

𝑥

A. C. 1
B. B. D.

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 4. What do you call a line test used to determine if the given function is a oneto-one
function?
A. Line bar test C. Curve line test
B. Horizontal line test D. Vertical line test

5. The graph of the inverse of a function can be obtained by reflecting the graph of the
function along ___.
A. y=x C. X-axis
B. y-axis D. origin

6. What type of functions do not contain the same y-values to be paired in different two
x-values.
A. Rational Function C. one-to-one function
B. Linear function D. One-to-many

7. Which of the following is NOT a one-to-one Function?

A. {(1,2),(3,4),(5,6),(7,8)} C. {(1/2,1),(1/3,2),(2/3,3),(1/4,4)
B. {(-1,1),(-2,2),(-3,3),(-4,4)} D. {(1,1),(2,2),(3,3),(4,4)}

8. All x values or inputs are called what?

A. Range C. Domain
B. Relation D. Function

9. All y values or outputs are called what?

A. Range C. Domain
B. . Relation D. Function

10. Which of the following ordered pair is NOT a function?

A. {(1,2),(2,1),(3,4),(4,3)} C. {(1,2),(1,1),(5,4),(4,3)}
B. {(1,1),(2,2),(3,3),(4,4)} D. {(-1,1),(1,2),(-3,3),(-4,4)}

For numbers 11 to 15. Given the function f(x)= .

11. Find the domain of a function.
A.
C.{x є R | x ≠ - 2} D. {x є R | x ≠ 2}

12. Find the range of a function.

A.
C. {y є R | y ≠ - 2} D. {y є R | y ≠ 2}

13. Find the inverse of a function.

A. f- C. f-
B. f- D. f-

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 14. Find the domain of the inverse function.

C.{x є R | x ≠ - 2} D. {x є R | x ≠ 2}

15. Find the range of the inverse function.

C. {y є R | y ≠ - 2}
D. {y є R | y ≠ 2}

What’s in…

Activity 1.

Identify whether each relation represents a function or not?

1. {(1,2), (3,4), (5,6), (7,8), (9,10)}
2. {(3,2), (2,4), (1,6), (5,3), (6,3)} 3. {(2,2), (4,4), (3,2), (3,7),
(1,4)}

For 4 & 5 evaluate the following functions at x = 3.

4. f = 5x + 3
5. g =

What’s new…

Activity 2.
Identify whether the given situation represents one-to-one function. Justify your
answer. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. The relation pairing the LRN to students

2. The relation pairing a real number to its square.
3. {(3,1), (4,2), (3,2), (1,2), (5,4)}
4. {(2,2), (4,4), (3,2), (5,7), (1,4)}
5. {(1,2), (3,4), (5,6), (7,8), (9,10)}

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 Questions:
1. How did you find the activity?
2. How are you able to connect this activity in your daily life?

What is it

In the preceding activity, item numbers 1 and 5 represents a one-to-one function since each
student has a unique LRN and in item number 5, there is no y – value which is paired with the
same x – values.

Item numbers 2 to 4 does not represent a one-to-one function. In item number 3, the value
of domain is repeated (3,1) and (3,2). Also in number 4, it has a y-value that are paired up with
two different x-values; ( 2,2 ) and ( 3,2 ).

One-to-One Function

That is, the same y The function is one– value is never paired with two different x -to-
one if for any x1 , x2 in the domain of f, then f(x– values. 1) ≠ f(x2) .

Another way to determine whether a graph represents a one-to-one function is by

using the Horizontal Line Test and Vertical Line Test.

Horizontal Line Test is a test used a determine a one-to-one function. All one-
to-one functions satisfy both the vertical and horizontal line tests.

A graph showing the plot of y= x 2 + 2 fails the horizontal line test If any vertical line
and horizontal line intersects the graph at most 1 point, then the graph is a graph of a oneto-
one function. The graph of y = x3 passes the horizontal line test.

y = x3 y = x2 + 2

One-to-one function Not a one-to-one function

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 What’s more

Activity
3.
Which of the following relation is a one-to-one function? Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper.

(a) {(0,0),(1.1),(2,8),(3,27),(4,64)} (b) {(-

2,4),(-1,1),(0,0),(1,1),(2,4)}
(c) {(0,4),(1,5),(2,6),(3,7),..(n,n+4),…}
(d) Height to student
(e) Person to telephone number
(f) Height to age
(g) Birthdate of a family member

What have I have learned..

Activity 4: Question and Answer

Directions: Answer the questions briefly. Write your answers on a separate sheet of
paper.

1. What is a One-to-One Function?

2. How to identify a one-to-one function?
3. What is horizontal line test?
4. What is vertical line test?
5. How will we know that a given graph is a graph of a one-to-onee function?

What I can do

Activity 5.

1. Give real life situations that represents one-to-one function.

2. How can we apply the concept of one-to-one function in daily life?

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 Additional Activities

Activity 6.
Answer as indicated. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Write your own example of a one-to-one function and represent in terms of ordered
pairs, graph, and table of values.
2. Why do we need to study about one-to-one function?

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Lesson
Inverse of a One-to-
2 One Function

What I need to know

At the end of the lesson, the learner will be able to:
• Illustrate the inverse of a one-to-one functions
• Solve the inverse of a one-to-one functions
• State the properties of inverse functions

What’s in

Activity 1.

Identify whether the given situation represents one-to-one function or Not.

1. Sim cards to cellphone numbers

2. Pairing of airports to airport code
3. The function of f (x)= x2
4. {(1,2),(1/2,3),(1/3,4),(1/4,5),(1/5,6)}
5. {(2,1),(1,3),(4,8),(5,7),(6,9)} 6.

7.
y

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 What’s new…

Activity 2.
Match the following one-to-one function to its inverse. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.

A B

1. f(x) = 3x+1 a. y=

2. g(x) = x3-2 b. y=

3. f(x) = c. y=3√(𝑥 + 2)

4. f(x) = x2+4x-2 d. y=

Questions:
1. How did you get your answer?
2. Is it easy to evaluate inverse of one-to-one function?
3. What makes you difficult in answering functions?

What is it

Inverse of a One-to-One Function

Let f be a one-to-one function with domain A and a range B. The inverse of f denoted by f -1
is a function with a domain B and a range A defined by f-1(y) = x, if and only if f(x) = y , for any
y in B.
Only one-to-one function has an inverse . If a function f is not one-to-one, properly defining
an inverse function f-1 will be problematic. For example, suppose that f(1) = 5 and f(3) = 5. If f-
1
exists, then f-1 (5) has to be both 1 and 3, and this prevents f -1 from being a valid function.
This is the reason why the inverse is only defined for one-to-one functions.

In the previous activity, we can find the inverse of a function by following the given
steps.
(a) Write the function in the form y = f(x);
(b) Interchange the x and y variables;
(c) Solve for y in terms of x

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 In Item number 1, to find the inverse of f(x) = 3x+1, we have these step by step
solutions:
(a) The equation of the function is y=3x+1
(b) Interchange the x and y variables: x=3y+1
(c) Solve for y in terms of x: x=3y+1 x-
1=3y

Therefore, the inverse of f(x)= 3x+1 is f-

In item number 2, the given is g(x) = x3-2, solving for its inverse, we have

y= x3-2.
x= y – 2
3

x= y3-2
x+2=y3

Therefore, the inverse of g(x)= x3-2 is g- Using the same

steps, the resulting inverse of y = is is f-1 (x) =

3𝑥−2
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In item number 4, the given function y=x +4x-2 is not one-to one since it is a quadratic function
and the graph is a parabola that opens upward. This implies that these function fails the
horizontal line test. Thus, it has no inverse.
Property of an inverse of a one-to-one function
Given a one-to-one function f(x) and its inverse f-1(x), then the following are true:
(a) The inverse of f-1(x) is f(x).
(b) f(f-1(x))=x for all x in the domain of f-1.
(c) f -1(f(x))=x for all x in the domain of f.

For the second and third properties above, it can be imagined that evaluating a
function and its inverse in succession is like reversing the effect of the function. For example,
the inverse of a function that multiplies 3 to a number and adds 1 is a function that subtracts
1 and then divides the result by 3.

Examples: 1. 𝑓 = 2𝑥 + 4 ;

2. ;

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 What’s more

Activity 3.

Apply the steps in solving the inverse of a one-to-one function? Write your answers in a
separate sheet of paper.

1. f(x)=-

2. f(x)= 2x-1

3. g(x)=

What have I have learned

Activity 4: Question and Answer

Directions: Answer the questions briefly. Write your answers in a separate sheet of paper.

1. What is an inverse function?

2. How to identify an inverse of a one-to-one function?
3. What are the steps in solving the inverse of a one-to-one function?
4. State the properties of an inverse function. Write your answers on a separate sheet of
paper.

What I can Do

Activity 5.

Give the inverse of the following functions if it exists? Write your answers in a separate
sheet of paper.
1. f(x)=|5x|

2. f(x)=x2-4

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 3. g(x)=

Additional Activities

Answer the following problem. State the properties of inverse function in

every steps. Write your answers in a separate sheet of paper.

1. Find the inverse of f(x)= 4x+2

2. Find the inverse of h(x)= x2-4

3. Find the inverse of g(x)=

4. Find the inverse of f(x)=

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Lesson
Inverse of a One-to-
2 One Function

What I need to know

At the end of the lesson, the learner will be able to:
• Illustrate the inverse of a one-to-one functions
• Solve the inverse of a one-to-one functions
• State the properties of inverse functions

What’s in

Activity 1.

Identify whether the given situation represents one-to-one function or Not.

6. Sim cards to cellphone numbers

7. Pairing of airports to airport code
8. The function of f (x)= x2
9. {(1,2),(1/2,3),(1/3,4),(1/4,5),(1/5,6)}
10. {(2,1),(1,3),(4,8),(5,7),(6,9)} 6.

7.
y

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 What’s new…

Activity 2.
Match the following one-to-one function to its inverse. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.

A B

5. f(x) = 3x+1 a. y=

6. g(x) = x3-2 b. y=

7. f(x) = c. y=3√(𝑥 + 2)

8. f(x) = x2+4x-2 d. y=

Questions:
1. How did you get your answer?
2. Is it easy to evaluate inverse of one-to-one function?
3. What makes you difficult in answering functions?

What is it

Inverse of a One-to-One Function

Let f be a one-to-one function with domain A and a range B. The inverse of f denoted by f -1
is a function with a domain B and a range A defined by f-1(y) = x, if and only if f(x) = y , for any
y in B.
Only one-to-one function has an inverse . If a function f is not one-to-one, properly defining
an inverse function f-1 will be problematic. For example, suppose that f(1) = 5 and f(3) = 5. If f-
1
exists, then f-1 (5) has to be both 1 and 3, and this prevents f -1 from being a valid function.
This is the reason why the inverse is only defined for one-to-one functions.

In the previous activity, we can find the inverse of a function by following the given
steps.
(d) Write the function in the form y = f(x);
(e) Interchange the x and y variables;
(f) Solve for y in terms of x

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 In Item number 1, to find the inverse of f(x) = 3x+1, we have these step by step
solutions:
(a) The equation of the function is y=3x+1
(b) Interchange the x and y variables: x=3y+1
(c) Solve for y in terms of x: x=3y+1 x-
1=3y

Therefore, the inverse of f(x)= 3x+1 is f-

In item number 2, the given is g(x) = x3-2, solving for its inverse, we have

y= x3-2.
x= y3 – 2
x= y3-2
x+2=y3

Therefore, the inverse of g(x)= x3-2 is g- Using the same

steps, the resulting inverse of y = is is f-1 (x) =

3𝑥−2
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In item number 4, the given function y=x +4x-2 is not one-to one since it is a quadratic function
and the graph is a parabola that opens upward. This implies that these function fails the
horizontal line test. Thus, it has no inverse.
Property of an inverse of a one-to-one function
Given a one-to-one function f(x) and its inverse f-1(x), then the following are true:
(d) The inverse of f-1(x) is f(x).
(e) f(f-1(x))=x for all x in the domain of f-1.
(f) f -1(f(x))=x for all x in the domain of f.

For the second and third properties above, it can be imagined that evaluating a
function and its inverse in succession is like reversing the effect of the function. For example,
the inverse of a function that multiplies 3 to a number and adds 1 is a function that subtracts
1 and then divides the result by 3.

Examples: 1. 𝑓 = 2𝑥 + 4 ;

2. ;

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 What’s more

Activity 3.

Apply the steps in solving the inverse of a one-to-one function? Write your answers in a
separate sheet of paper.

4. f(x)=-

5. f(x)= 2x-1

6. g(x)=

What have I have learned

Activity 4: Question and Answer

Directions: Answer the questions briefly. Write your answers in a separate sheet of paper.

5. What is an inverse function?

6. How to identify an inverse of a one-to-one function?
7. What are the steps in solving the inverse of a one-to-one function?
8. State the properties of an inverse function. Write your answers on a separate sheet of
paper.

What I can Do

Activity 5.

Give the inverse of the following functions if it exists? Write your answers in a separate
sheet of paper.
4. f(x)=|5x|

5. f(x)=x2-4

6. g(x)=
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 Additional Activities

Answer the following problem. State the properties of inverse function in

every steps. Write your answers in a separate sheet of paper.

5. Find the inverse of f(x)= 4x+2

6. Find the inverse of h(x)= x2-4

7. Find the inverse of g(x)=

8. Find the inverse of f(x)=

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Lesson
Graphs of an Inverse
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Function

What I need to know

At the end of the lesson, the learner will be able to:

• Represent an inverse function through its table of
values and graph
• Find the domain and range of an inverse function
Solve problems involving inverse functions

What’s in

Activity 1.
A. Make a table of values representing the following functions when x ranges
from -2 to 3. Draw the graph .
1. y = x + 3
2. f(x)=2x+1
3. ƒ(x)= 1
𝑥

B. Give the inverse of the functions in A.

He follow What’s new…

Activity 1.
Represent the following inverse functions in table of values with the specified
domain.

1. f- ; {x|-2 ≤ x ≤ 1.5}

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 2. f-1 (x) = x – 4 ; {x|-2 ≤ x ≤ 2}

Activity 2.
Using the resulting table of values represented in the preceding activity, (Activity
1), determine the domain and the range.

1. ; domain:_______________
Range:________________

2. f-1 (x) = x – 4 ; domain:_______________

Range:________________

Activity 3.
Given are the one-to-one functions and its graph. Beside, is the inverse of each
function.Sketch the graph of the corresponding inverse function and determine the domain
and range.

Function Inverse Function

1. f(x)=2x+1 ; f-

Domain of f-1 (x) ;__________________________

Range of f-1 (x) ; ___________________________

2. g(x) = ; g-1 (x) = x3 – 1

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 Domain of g-1 (x) ;__________________________
Range of g-1 (x) ; ___________________________

What is it

Graphs of an inverse function

First, we need to ascertain that the given graph corresponds to a one-to-one function
by applying the horizontal line test. If it passes the test, the corresponding function is one-to-
one.
In the preceding activity, the graph of the inverse of f(x)=2x+1 is shown below.

f(x)=2x+1

f-1 (x) =

Domain of f-1 (x) ; D ={ x є R |-3≤ x ≤ 4}

Range of f-1 (x) ; R = { y є R |-2≤ y ≤ 1.5}

In the same manner, the graph of the inverse of g-1 (x) = x3 – 1 is shown below.

x3 – 1

Domain of g-1 (x) ; D = {x/-2 ≥ x ≥ 2}

Range of g -1 (x) ; R = all real numbers

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 Given the graph of a one-to-one function, the graph of its inverse can be obtained by
reflecting the graph about the line y = x.
The domain and range of the inverse function can be determined by inspection of the graph.

Table summary,
ƒ(x) ƒ-1(x)

Domain {x є R |-2 ≤ x ≤ 1.5} { x є R |-3≤ x ≤ 4}

Range { y є R |-3≤ y ≤ 4} { y є R |-2≤ y ≤ 1.5}

g(x) g -1(x)

Domain All real numbers {x/-2 ≥ x ≥ 2}

Range {y/-2 ≥ y ≥ 2} All real numbers

Solving Problems Involving Inverse Function

We can apply the concepts of inverse functions in solving word problems involving
reversible processes.

Example:
You asked a friend to think of a nonnegative number, add two to the number, square
the number, multiply the result by 3 and divide the result by 2. If the result is 54, what is the
original number? Construct an inverse function that will provide the original number if the
result is given. https://www.scribd.com/document/413943141/Gen-Math-Pre-Test

Questions:

1. What are your ideas in solving this problem?

2. In what part of the problem makes you difficult in arriving the answer?
3. Is the problem easy? Why?

We first construct the function that will compute the final number based on the original
number. Following the instructions, we come up with this function:

ƒ(x) = (x+2)2 ▪ 3 ÷ 2

The graph is shown below, on the left. This is not a one-to-one function because the
graph does not satisfy the horizontal line test. However, the instruction indicated that the

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original number must be nonnegative. The domain of the function must thus be restricted to x
≥ 0, and its graph is shown on the right, below.

The function with restricted domain x ≥ 0 is then a one-to-one function, and we

can find its inverse.

Interchange the x and y variables: x =

Solve for y in terms of x:

x=

= y+2

(Since y ≥ 2, we do not need to consider the negative value of

-
2 → ƒ
2=y→ y=
Finally, we evaluate the inverse function at x = 54 to determine the original number

ƒ- 2=6–2=4
the original number is 4.

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 What’s more..

Activity 4.
1. Find the inverse of ƒ(x)= 1 using its given graph.
𝑥

2. Consider the rational function ƒ(x)= whose graph is shown below:

(a) Find its domain and range.

(b) Find the graph of its inverse.
(c) Find the domain and range of its inverse.

What have I have learned..

Activity 5:

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 Answer the questions briefly. Write your answers in a separate sheet of paper.

1. What is the graph of inverse function?

2. How to identify the domain and range of the graph of inverse function?

What I can do

Activity 6.

Solve the problem .

Given ƒ(x)=
(a) Solve its inverse
(b) Determine the asymptotes
(b) Sketch the graph of its inverse
(c) Find the domain and range of its inverse.

Assessment…

Read the problem carefully and write your answer on the separate sheet of paper.

1. A function is said to be a one-to-one function if __________.

A. The function ƒ is one-to-one if for any x1,
x2 in the domain of f, then f(x1) = f(x2) B.
the y-value is paired with two different x-
values
C. The function ƒ is one-to-one if for any x1, x2 in the domain of f, then f(x1) ≠ f(x2) D.
Two x-values are paired with 2 y-values

2. Which of the following belong to one-to-one function?

A. People to their birthdays
B. People to their place of residence
C. People to their GSIS number
D. People to their first name

3. Determine which of the graph describe a one-to-one function?

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 A. C.

B. D.

4. What is the collection of input values in a function

called?
A. Ordered pair
C. Domain
B. Range
D. Y-values

5. Which of the following map describe a one-to-one function?

A.

C.

B.
D.

6. What is the inverse of f(x)= x + 1

A.
C.

B.
D.

For numbers 7 to 12. Given the function of

7. Find the domain of a function.

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 A. {x є R | x ≠ -3/4 } C.{x є R | x ≠ 7/3}
B. {x є R | x ≠ 4/3 } D. {x є R | x ≠ 3/7}

8. Find the range of a function.

A. {y є R | y ≠ -3/4 } C.{y є R | y ≠ 7/3}
B. {y є R | y ≠ 4/3 } D. {y є R | y ≠ 3/7}

9. Find the domain of an inverse function.

A. {x є R | x ≠ -3/4 } C.{x є R | x ≠ 7/3}
B. {x є R | x ≠ 4/3 } D. {x є R | x ≠ 3/7}

10. Find the range of an inverse function.

A. {y є R | y ≠ -3/4 } C.{y є R | y ≠ 7/3}
B. {y є R | y ≠ 4/3 } D. {y є R | y ≠ 3/7}

11. Find the vertical asymptotes of inverse function.

A. ¾ C. 7/3
B. 4/3 D. 3/7

12. Find the horizontal asymptotes of inverse function.

A. ¾ C. 7/3
B. 4/3 D. 3/7

13. Find the inverse of h(x)= 3x + 6.

A. C.
B. D.

14. Which of the graph illustrate a one-to-one .

A. C.

B. D.

15. Which of the graph illustrate a one-to-one function using horizontal line test?

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B. D.

Additional Activities

Activity 7.

Answer the problem. Write your answer in a separate sheet of paper.

Find the domain and range of the inverse of ƒ(x) = x 2 – 6x + 5 with domain restriction
{x є R | 0 < x < 3}.

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Lesson 1

What Can I Do
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Additional Activities
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Lesson 2

Lesson 3
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References:

Teaching Guide for Senior High School-General Mathematics

By Commission on Higher Education (2016)
Pages: 60-75

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/57ee5e103803b30115d44287/relations-andfunctions

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