JEE Main 2023 — Sets and Relations Question with Solution
JEE Main 2023 (08 Apr Shift 1)
Question
Let and be the relation defined on such that . The minimum number of elements that must be added to the relation so that it is a symmetric relation, is equal to
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Correct answer
19
Step-by-step explanation
Given,
Set
Now relation can be given by,
So, total there are elements and all the elements of are of type .
Hence, we need to add total of more elements to to make in symmetric
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