Determine Whether the Binary Relation Is

question 46

Short Answer

determine whether the binary relation is:
(1) reflexive, (2) symmetric, (3) antisymmetric, (4) transitive.
-The relation R on the set of all people where aR b means that a is at least as tall as b.

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