Question #4 - Is this relation a function?

Given the ordered pairs below, is this relation a function? Describe why or why not.

{(-2,0),(0,4),(1,6),(2,8)}

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Yes, this relation is a function. In a function, each input value (x-value) can only have one output value (y-value). In the given ordered pairs, for every x-value, there is only one corresponding y-value. Therefore, this relation satisfies the definition of a function.