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Relations XII
Question

 Let R be an equivalence relation on a finite set A having ‘n’ elements. Then, the number of ordered pairs in R is 

Moderate
Solution

Since R is equivalence relation, it is reflexive. so minimum number of ordered pairs in the set R is equal to the number of elements in the set A

Hence the number of ordered pairs of R is more than or equal to n

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