Question

A function f is defined from R → R as f(x) = ax + b, such that f(1) = 1 and f(2) = 3. Find function f(x). Hence, check whether function f(x) is one-one and onto or not.

Show that a function f : R → R defined by f(x) = 2x/(1 + x²) is neither one-one nor onto. Further, find set A so that the given function f : R → A becomes an onto function.

A relation R is defined on N × N (where N is the set of natural numbers) as : (a, b) R (c, d) ⇔ a – c = b – d. Show that R is an equivalence relation.

Assertion (A): The relation R = {(x, y) : (x + y) is a prime number and x, y ∈ N} is not a reflexive relation. Reason (R): The number '2n' is composite for all natural numbers n.

Students of a school are taken to a railway museum to learn about railways heritage and its history. An exhibit in the museum depicted many rail lines on the track near the railway station. Let L be the set of all rail lines on the railway track and R be the relation on L defined by R = {(l₁, l₂) : l₁ is parallel to l₂} On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions :