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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 12 - 1. relation and function

The number of relations on the set \(\mathrm{A}=\{1,2,3\}\) containing at most 6 elements including \((1,2)\), which are reflexive and transitive but not symmetric, is ________

  1. A 6
  2. B 10
  3. C 15
  4. D 20
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(A) 6

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\(\begin{aligned} & A=\{1,2,3\} \\ & (1,1),(2,2),(3,3),(1,2) \in R \end{aligned}\) Remaining elements are \((2,1),(2,3),(1,3),(3,1),(3,2)\) (1) If relation contains exactly 4 elements = 1 way (2) if relation contains exactly 5 elements It can be \((1,3),(3,2) \Rightarrow 2\)…