Provide solution for RD Sharma maths Class 12 Chapter Relations Exercise 1.1 Question 3 Subquestion (ii) maths textbook solution.
Answer: is reflexive and symmetric but not 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 a be an arbitrary element of
Then,
On applying the given condition, we get
So, is reflexive
Symmetry :
Let
[Since ]
Then
So, is symmetric.
Transitivity :
Let
But,
So, is not transitive.