Relation and Function
Relation and Function
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1. Show that the function f: R→R defined by f(x) = 3
, xϵR is one one and onto.
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2. Consider f : R→( − 5, ∞) given by f(x) = 9𝑥 + 6𝑥 − 5 then show that f(x) is bijective function.
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3. Consider f : 𝑅+→( − 9, ∞) given by f(x) = 5𝑥 + 6𝑥 − 9 then show that f is bijective function.
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4. Let f: R-{-3/5}→R be a function defined as f(x)= 5𝑥+3 , f is bijective function.
5. Relation R is defined in a set A ={𝑥∈𝑍 , 0≤𝑥≤12 } as
R = {(𝑎, 𝑏) : |𝑎 − 𝑏|𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 6 𝑎, 𝑏 ∈𝐴} show that R is an equivalence relation.
6. Relation R is defined in a set of natural numbers N as
R = {(𝑎, 𝑏) : 𝑎 + 𝑏 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 , 𝑎, 𝑏 ∈𝑁} show that R is an equivalence relation
7. Show that relation R defined by {(𝑎, 𝑏) 𝑅(𝑐, 𝑑)} when a+d=b+c on the set 𝑁×𝑁 is an equivalence
relation . Also, find the equivalence class [ (3,7)].
8. Show that relation R defined by {(𝑎, 𝑏) 𝑅(𝑐, 𝑑)} when ad (b+c) =bc (a+d) on the set 𝑁×𝑁 is an
equivalence relation .
9. Let N be the set of natural numbers and relation R on N be defined by R = {(x,y) : x,y ∈ N, x + y = 10 }
Determine whether relation R is reflexive,symmetric and transitive.
10. Check whether the relation R on R (set of real numbers) defined by R={(a,b): a ≤b3} is
reflexive,symmetric or transitive.
11. Let Q be the set of rational numbers and R be a relation on Q defined by
R = {(x,y) : x,y ∈Q, x2 + y2 = 5}
Is R reflexive,symmetric and transitive?
12. Determine whether the relation R defined on the set R of all real numbers as R = {(a,b) :a,b∈ R and a -
b + 3∈ S where S is the set of all irrational numbers }, is reflexive,symmetric and transitive.
13. Relation R is defined in a set of natural numbers N as
R = {(𝑥, 𝑦) : 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 24 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥, 𝑦 ∈𝑁} check whether R is an equivalence relation or not and find
domain and range of R .
14. R is a relation on N ( set of natural numbers), R={ (x,y) : xy is a square of integer : x,y ϵN }. Show
that R is an equivalence relation on N.
15. Write the smallest equivalence relation on A where A = {2,3,4}.
16. The function f : R →R is defined f(x) = |2𝑥 − 3|
(i) Is f one - one ? (ii) Is f onto ?
17. If the function f : [- π/2 , π/2 ] → A defined by f(x) = sinx is a bijection,then write the set A.
18. If R is a relation on the set {1,2,3} given by {(1,1),(2,2),(3,3)}, then R is
(a) reflexive only (b) symmetric only
(c) transitive only (d) equivalence relation
19. If A = {1,2,3},then the maximum number of equivalence relations on A is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
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20. If function f : Z → Z is defined by f(x) = { 0 , 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑑𝑑
, then f is
(a) one - one but not onto (b) onto but not one - one
(c)neither one - one nor onto (d) a bijection
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21. If A {a,b,c}and B ={-3,-1,0,1,3}then the number of injections that can be defined from A to B is
(a) 125 (b) 243 (c) 60 (d) 120
22. If A and B are two sets such that n(A) = 5 and n(B) = 6 then the number of one - one and onto function
from A to B is
(a) 120 (b) 720 (c) 0 (d) none of these
In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose
the correct answer out of the following choices.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Reason (R): The relation R in the set A = {1, 2, 3} given by R = {(1, 2), (2, 1)} is symmetric.
24. An organization conducted bike race under 2 different categories-Boys and Girls. There were 28
participants in all. Among all of them, finally three from Category 1 and two from Category 2 were selected
for the final race. Shivam forms two sets B and G with these participants for his college project.
Let B = {b1,b2,b3} G={g1,g2} where B represents the set of boys selected and G the set of girls who were
selected for the final race.
(ii) Among all the possible relations from B to G, how many functions can be formed from B to G.
(iii) Let R : G → G be defined by R = {(x, y) : x and y are students of same gender}. Check if R is an
equivalence relation. Justify your answer.
(iv) A function f : B → G be defined by f = {(b1, g1), (b2, g2), (b3, g1)}. Check if f is bijective. Justify your
answer.
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