Solution for Section 10.2 Question 6

6. We are required to prove that if a relation R, on a set A, is reflexive, then the relation R-1 is also reflexive.

Since R is reflexive, we know that for all elements x in the set A, the ordered pair (x, x) is in R.

Reversing the elements of the ordered pair we see that the ordered pair (x, x) must also be in R-1.

Thus, if the relation R is reflexive, then the relation  R-1 is also reflexive.

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