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JEE Main 2025Sets and Relations Question with Solution

JEE Main 2025 (22 Jan Shift 2)

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Let . The number of relations on , containing and , which are reflexive and transitive but not symmetric, is ______ -

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3

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is reflexive have is transitive $\begin{aligned} & \because(1,2),(23) \in R \quad \therefore(1,3) \in R \\ & \therefore \quad R_1=\{(1,1),(2,2),(3,3),(1,2),(2,3),(1,3)\} \end{aligned}$ Clearly is reflexive and transitive but not symmetric. Similarly, $\begin{aligned} & R_2=\{(1,1),(2,2),(3,3),(1,2),(2,3),(1,3),(3,2)\} \\ & R_3=\{(1,1),(2,2),(3,3),(1,2),(2,3),(1,3),(2,1)\} \end{aligned}$ Therefore, 3 relations are possible

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