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Let A = {a, b, c} and the relation R be defined on A as follows R = {(a,a), (b, c), (a, b)}. Then, write a minimum number of ordered pairs to be added in R to make it reflexive and transitive. |
Answer» Recall that, R is symmetric if for all x, y ∈ A, if xRy, then yRx. R is transitive if for all x, y, z ∈ A, if xRy and yRz, then xRz. We have relation R = {(a, a), (b, c), (a, b)} on A. A = {a, b, c} For Transitive: If (a, b) ∈ R and (b, c) ∈ R Then, (a, c) ∈ R ∀ a, b, c ∈ A For Reflexive: ∀ a, b, c ∈ R Then, (a, a) ∈ R (b, b) ∈ R (c, c) ∈ R We need to add (b, b), (c, c) and (a, c) in R. We get R = {(a, a), (b, b), (c, c), (a, b), (b, c), (a, c)} |
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