Is a function: “many to one“. This is saying if you have multiple x-values that map to one y-value — say, (2,9), (3,9) and (6,9) — then that still qualifies as a function. Put more simply, it’s okay for a function to have multiple coordinate points in a straight lin...
In fact, word problems are inauthentic and prevent students from experiencing the authentic usefulness of mathematics. Therefore, it is no wonder that many students perceive mathematics as alien, that they don't understand it, and that they drop it as soon as possible [9,10]. The problem ...