Given a set A = {1, 2, 3, 4}. Define a relation R on A as: R = {(x, y) | x - y is even} List the ordered pairs of the relation R. Is the relation R reflexive, symmetric, and transitive? Justify your answers.
Given a set A = {1, 2, 3, 4}. Define a relation R on A as: R = {(x, y) | x - y is even} List the ordered pairs of the relation R. Is the relation R reflexive, symmetric, and transitive? Justify your answers.
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Given a set A = {1, 2, 3, 4}. Define a relation R on A as:
R = {(x, y) | x - y is even}
- List the ordered pairs of the relation R.
- Is the relation R reflexive, symmetric, and transitive? Justify your answers.
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Step 1: Conceptual Introduction
For the relation R to hold between x and y, the difference (x - y) should be even.
An even number is divisible by 2.
The properties of reflexivity, symmetry, and transitivity can be described as:
- Reflexive: If every element in set A is related to itself, i.e., (a, a) ∈ R for every a in A.
- Symmetric: If for every (a, b) in R, (b, a) is also in R.
- Transitive: If for every pair (a, b) and (b, c) in R, the pair (a, c) is also in R.
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