(d) Justifying your answer, find the smallest set of related pairs which must be added to R in order for it to become an equivalence relation.

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Section12.1: Sets
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d. Justifying your answer, find the smallest set of related pairs which must be
added to R in order for it to become an equivalence relation.

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Let R be the relation on the set S = {1,2,3, a, b, c} given by
x Ry if and only if
(г, у) € {(а, а), (1,1), (а, 1), (1, а), (3, 1), (1,3), (3, а), (а, 3), (ь, b), (ь, 2), (2, с)}
6.
(a) Draw a digraph representing the relation R.
(b) Show that R is not transitive.
(c) Justifying your answer, find the smallest set of related pairs which must be
added to Rin order for it to become transitive.
(d) Justifying your answer, find the smallest set of related pairs which must be
added to R in order for it to become an equivalence relation.
Transcribed Image Text:Question 7 Let R be the relation on the set S = {1,2,3, a, b, c} given by x Ry if and only if (г, у) € {(а, а), (1,1), (а, 1), (1, а), (3, 1), (1,3), (3, а), (а, 3), (ь, b), (ь, 2), (2, с)} 6. (a) Draw a digraph representing the relation R. (b) Show that R is not transitive. (c) Justifying your answer, find the smallest set of related pairs which must be added to Rin order for it to become transitive. (d) Justifying your answer, find the smallest set of related pairs which must be added to R in order for it to become an equivalence relation.
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