JEE Main 201322 AprilOnline
- Exam
- JEE Main
- Year
- 2013
- Date
- 22 April
- Mode
- Online
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Chapter
- Sets and Relations
JEE Main 2013 · 22 April · Online · Mathematics · Sets and Relations
Let R=\ (3,3)(5,5),(9,9),(12,12),(5,12),(3,9) , (3,12),(3,5)\ be a...
Let , be a relation on the . Then, is :
Options
- Areflexive, symmetric but not transitive.
- Bsymmetric, transitive but not reflexive.
- Can equivalence relation.
- Dreflexive, transitive but not symmetric.
Correct answer
D. reflexive, transitive but not symmetric.
Step-by-step solution
Let , be a relation on set
Clearly, every element of is related to itself. Therefore, it is a reflexive.
Now, is not symmetry because 3 is related to 5 but 5 is not related to 3 .
Also is transitive relation because it satisfies the property that if and then .