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The rank of smallest equivalence relation on a set with 12 distinct elements is _______(a) 12(b) 144(c) 136(d) 79The question was asked in an international level competition.This intriguing question originated from Number of Relations in chapter Relations of Discrete Mathematics

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The correct answer is (a) 12

To explain I would say: In the case of smallest equivalence RELATION, each element is in one equivalence class like {a1}, {a2}, … are equivalence CLASSES. So, the rank or NUMBER of equivalence classes is n for a SET with n elements and so the answer is 12.



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