JNU SSS 2018 Question 35: Sets, relations and functions
S is the set whose elements are zero and all even integers, positive and negative. Consider the five operations (i) addition; (ii) subtraction; (iii) multiplication; (iv) division; and (v) finding the arithmetic mean. Which of these operations when applied to any pair of elements of S, yield only elements of S?
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S is the set whose elements are zero and all even integers, positive and negative. Consider the five operations (i) addition; (ii) subtraction; (iii) multiplication; (iv) division; and (v) finding the arithmetic mean. Which of these operations when applied to any pair of elements of S, yield only elements of S? (A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) (B) (i), (ii), (iii), (v) (C) (i), (iii), (iv) (D) (i), (ii), (iii)
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This question is on Sets and set operations, part of Sets, relations and functions in Mathematics.
Unions, intersections, complements and differences of sets, and the identities that connect them.
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