Math Worksheet
Topic: Relations and Functions Grade: XII
Relations:
1. Let 𝑵 be the set of all natural numbers and 𝑅 be a relation on 𝑵 × 𝑵 defined by
(𝑎, 𝑏)𝑅(𝑐, 𝑑) ⇔ 𝑎𝑑 = 𝑏𝑐 for all (𝑎, 𝑏), (𝑐, 𝑑) ∈ 𝑵 × 𝑵. Show that 𝑅 is an equivalence relation
on 𝑵 × 𝑵. Also, find the equivalence class of (2,6), i.e., [(2,6)].
2. Let 𝑵 be the set of all natural numbers and 𝑅 be a relation on 𝑵 × 𝑵 defined by
(𝑎, 𝑏)𝑅(𝑐, 𝑑) ⇔ 𝑎𝑑(𝑏 + 𝑐) = 𝑏𝑐(𝑎 + 𝑑) for all (𝑎, 𝑏), (𝑐, 𝑑) ∈ 𝑵 × 𝑵. Show that 𝑅 is an
equivalence relation on 𝑵 × 𝑵.
3. Show that the relation S in the set R of all real numbers defined as
𝑆 = {(𝑎, 𝑏): 𝑎, 𝑏 ∈ 𝑅 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 ≤ 𝑏 3 } is neither reflexive, symmetric, nor transitive.
4. Let 𝐴 = {1,2,3} and 𝐵 = {4,5,6}. A relation 𝑅 from 𝐴 𝑡𝑜 𝐵 is defined as 𝑅 = {(𝑥, 𝑦): 𝑥 + 𝑦 =
6, 𝑥 ∈ 𝐴, 𝑦 ∈ 𝐵}.
a. Write all the elements of 𝑅.
b. Is 𝑅 a function? Justify.
c. Determine the domain and range of 𝑅
5. Check whether the relation S in the set of all real numbers R be defined by 𝑆 =
{(𝑎, 𝑏): 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎 − 𝑏 + √2 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟} is reflexive, symmetric or transitive.
6. Show that the relation R on the set Z of all integers defined by (𝑥, 𝑦) ∈ 𝑅
⇔ (𝑥 − 𝑦) 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑦 3 is an equivalence relation. Also, write the equivalence class
[3].
Functions:
4 4𝑥
7. If 𝑓: 𝑅 − {− 3} → 𝑅 be a function defined as 𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥+4. Show that 𝑓 is a one-one
function. Check whether 𝑓 is an onto function or not.
8. Show that 𝑓: 𝑁 → 𝑁, given by
𝑥 + 1, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑑𝑑
𝑓(𝑥) = { is bijective.
𝑥 − 1, 𝑖𝑓 𝑓 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛
𝑥
9. Show that the function 𝑅 → 𝑅 defined by 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2+1, is neither one-one nor onto.
10. A function 𝑓: [−4, 4] → [0,4] is given by 𝑓(𝑥) = √16 − 𝑥 2 . Show that 𝑓 is an onto function
but not one-one function. Further, find all possible values of 𝑎 for which 𝑓(𝑎) = √7.
Case Study Questions:
11. Let A be a set of 30 students of class XII in a school. Let 𝑓: 𝐴 →
𝑁, 𝑁 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 such that function
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑥. On the basis of the given information, answer the
following:
i. Is 𝑓 a bijective function?
ii. Give reasons to support your answer to (i).
iii. (a) Let 𝑅 be a relation defined by the teacher to plan the seating arrangement of
students in pairs where:
𝑅 = {(𝑥, 𝑦): 𝑥, 𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦 = 3𝑥}. List the elements of R. Is
the relation R reflexive, symmetric or transitive? Justify your answer.
OR
iii. (b) Let 𝑅 be a relation defined by
𝑅 = {(𝑥, 𝑦): 𝑥, 𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 }. List the elements of 𝑅. Is
𝑅 a function? Justify your answer.