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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.

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(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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