DATE: 23-MAY-2022

Activity1
Topic
Relation

Objective
Toverify that the relation R in the set L of all lines in a plane, defined by R = {(, m) :l1m) is symmetric but

neither reflexive nor transitive.

Pre-requisite Knowledge
(a) Meaning of relations and its different types such as- reflexive relation, symmetric relation and transitive relation.
(b) Properties of parallel lines, perpendicular lines and transversal lines

Materials Required
A thick cardboard, colourful chartpapers, thin plastic strips or wire or colourful ribbons, few board pins and paper
pins, fevicol etc.

Demonstration
(a) Take a chart paper of any colour (Here white colour
chart paper is shown) and paste it on the piece of
cardboard with the help of board pins.
Now take few paper pins and put them randomly on
the chart paper as shown in the Fig. 1.1.
(6) Now take any two pins and join them with the help
of thin plastic strips or colourful ribbon tightly in
such a way that few of them represent horizontal
lines or vertical lines as /. l2.. !9. See Fig. 1.2.
These horizontal lines depict parallel lines and
vertical lines depict perpendicular lines.

Fig. 1.2
Fig. 1.1

Observation eR
(a) 1 I4 L, i.e. (,1,) e R 1 ) eR
Similarly !, 1!s l, 1 l, i.e. (1, 1,)
>
R ((,1)
e

, L, i.e. (.,) e R ,.1,) eR

L , L1, i.e. (21,) e R 1,) e R
L , i.e. (, 1) R (,.1,) e R
e

R = {(/, m) : 1 1 m} is symmetric.

Activities/7
 No line is pependieular to itself
(h)
Can vou say , is perpendicular to itself?
nswer is No

IC )R
Since no ine is
pc rpendicular to itselt. Therelore R = 1(0, m)IL m}
() and , 1 1, is not ie flexive
Can vou say / ,
Answer is No.
1,)R and (. 1) e R but (.1,) eR
ThusR i0. m):1 m} is not
transitive
Result
Iuserilied through this acivity that the
relation R = {(, m):71 m} in the set
of all lines in a
plane is symmetric on
APPLICATION
(a)lt can be verilied alsO that the relation
R =
{(l, m) 7
cquivalence relation : L m} in the set of all lines in a
plane is not ar
()ln colleges there is a relation between students and
their grades.

FLL IN THE BLANKS

()Let Sbe the set of all tnangles in a
plane and R be a relation on S defined
R:A.A A.} is an by
Sol. Equivalenee relation.
)Let be the set of natural numbers and let
R R be a relation in N, defined by
{(a. b) : a is a
multiple of b} is not
Sol. Synmmetic.
()Let X be a
non-empty set and S be the collection
of all subsets of X, and R =
{(A, B) : .4 c B
Sol. Transitive.
() Let
be the set of all real numbers and R
S
is defined as R {(a.b):a sb'}
=
in not an
Sol. Equivalence
() Let A be the set of all lines in plane and R be relation
R= { ( . 1,):/, LI,) is not an
a
in defined by
Sol Equivalence.

ViVA VOCE
() Gve an
example
of à relauon which IS
Symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive
Sol LetI = {1. 2. 3} and defined a relation R on 1 as R=
{(1. 2). (2. 1)} then R is
(1) What do vou mean by the domain and symmctric only
range of a relation?
Sol First element in the ordered
par of R is called domain ind second element of
the ordered pair is called
(u) What is the condition tor a relation to be
1ang
Sol
an
equivalence relation?
lf Telatio1 tisfies ali
thrc conditions iellexne relation. symmetric relation and transitive
then it i l l he a cqin.alencc telaton. relau

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