Question: Determine whether or not the following relation is a function (and why) between the age of chickens and percent of chickens laying an egg per

Determine whether or not the following relation is a function (and why) between the age of chickens and percent of chickens laying an egg per day for that age:

{(18 weeks, 10%), (19 weeks, 20%), (20 weeks, 30%), (21 weeks, 40%), (22 weeks, 50%), (23 weeks, 60%), (24 weeks, 70%), (25 weeks, 80%), (26 weeks, 90%), (27 weeks, 94%), (28 weeks, 90%)}

Select one:

A.

The relation is not a function because there is more than one week that the rate of lay is 90%.

B.

The relation is a function because it is a set of ordered pairs.

C.

The relation listed is not a function, because the percent of lay of eggs is not always increasing..

D.

The relation listed is a function because for each week number there is only one associated percentage rate of lay eggs.

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