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The relation ‘is less than’ on a set of natural numbers is(a) Only reflexive (b) Only symmetric (c) Only transitive (d) An equivalence relation. |
Answer» (c) Only transitive Let N be the set of natural numbers. Then R = {(a, b) : a < b, a, b ∈N} A natural number is not less than itself ⇒ (a, a)∉R where a ∈N ⇒ R is not reflexive • V a, b ∈N, (a, b) ∈R ⇒ a < b \(\not\Rightarrow\) b < a ⇒ (b, a) ∉R ⇒ R is not symmetric. • V a, b, c ∈N, (a, b) ∈R and (b, c) ∈R ⇒ a < b and b < c ⇒ a < c (a, c) ∈R ⇒ R is transitive. |
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