To find: Whether each relation is an equivalence relation.
Answer to Problem 31PPS
The relation is not an equivalence relation.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The given relation is “is taller than”, for the set of all human being.
Calculation:
To see if this is an equivalence relation, we must check if it is reflexive transitive, and symmetric.
First check reflexive.
Person
Therefore, the relation is not an equivalence relation.
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