Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4}, B = {1, 5, 9, 11, 15, 16} and f = {(1, 5), (2, 9), (3, 1), (4, 5), (2, 11)}.

Question:

Let $A=\{1,2,3,4\}, B=\{1,5,9,11,15,16\}$ and $f=\{(1,5),(2,9),(3,1),(4,5),(2,11)\}$. Are the following true?

(i) f is a relation from A to B

(ii) f is a function from A to B.

Justify your answer in each case.

Solution:

$A=\{1,2,3,4\}$ and $B=\{1,5,9,11,15,16\}$

$\therefore A \times B=\{(1,1),(1,5),(1,9),(1,11),(1,15),(1,16),(2,1),(2,5),(2,9),(2,11),(2,15),(2,16),(3,1),(3,5),(3,9),(3,11),(3,15),(3,16),(4,1),(4,5),(4,9),(4,11),(4,15),$, $(4,16)\}$

It is given that $f=\{(1,5),(2,9),(3,1),(4,5),(2,11)\}$

(i) A relation from a non-empty set A to a non-empty set B is a subset of the Cartesian product A × B.

It is observed that f is a subset of A × B.

Thus, f is a relation from A to B.

(ii) Since the same first element i.e., 2 corresponds to two different images i.e., 9 and 11, relation is not a function.

 

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