Relations and Functions Class 12

“Relations and Functions” are the most important topics in algebra. Relations and functions – these are the two different words having different meanings mathematically. You might get confused about their difference. Before we go deeper, let’s understand the difference between both with a simple example.

An ordered pair is represented as (INPUT, OUTPUT):

The relation shows the relationship between INPUT and OUTPUT. Whereas, a function is a relation which derives one OUTPUT for each given INPUT.