If X = {2,5,8} , Y {10,16,24,30} .and R is a relation from X to Y , where a R b means (a is a factor of b) for each a € X , b € Y , write R ,and is R function ? And why ?
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X={2,5,8}, Y={10,16,24,30}

When a∈X=2, then 2Rb for all b∈Y is true, that is, 2 is a factor of all elements in Y (all elements of Y are even integers).

When a∈X=5, then 5Rb is not true for all b∈Y, but 5R10 and 5R30 are true.

When a∈X=8, then 8Rb is not true for all b∈Y, but 8R16, 8R24 and 8R30 are true.

In mapping X onto Y when n(X)<n(Y) R cannot be a function because there can be no more than n(X) elements in Y. n(Y)≤n(X) is permissible for a function, that is, many different elements of X can map to the same element in Y, but the same element of X can only map to a unique element of Y.

If all the elements of Y were multiples of 40 (LCM of 2, 5 and 8), then aRb would be true ∀a,b, but R could still not be a function, because there are more elements in Y than in X.

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