Consider the non-empty set consisting of children in a family and a relation R defined as aRb if a is brother of b, Then R is |
Symmetric but not transitive Transitive but not symmetric Neither symmetric nor transitive Both symmetric and transitive |
Transitive but not symmetric |
Given that a R b ⇒ a is brother of b. This does not mean b is also brother of a as be can be a sister of a Therefore, R is not symmetric a R b ⇒ a is brother of b ⇒ & b R c ⇒ b is brother of c. So, a is brother of c. Thus, R is transitive. So option 2 is correct, transitive but not symmetric. |