Provide solution for RD Sharma maths Class 12 Chapter Relations Exercise 1.1 Question 3 Subquestion (i) maths textbook solution.
Answer: is symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive.
Hint :
A relation R on set A is
Reflexive relation:
If for every
Symmetric relation:
If is true then is also true for every
Transitive relation:
If and , then for every
Given :
defined by
Solution :
Reflexivity:
Let be an arbitrary element of
Then,
So, is not reflexive
Symmetry:
Let
Therefore, we can write 'a' as
Then
So, is symmetric.
For Transitive:
Let
So, is not transitive.