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QJEEM22Ma2d71: JEE Main 2022 Mathematics - Class 11 JEEM22Ma2d71 Solution: Let S = {1, 2, 3, 4}. Then the number of elements in the set {…
Let S = {1, 2, 3, 4}. Then the number of elements in the set { f : S S S : f is onto and f (a, b) = f (b, a) a (a, b) S S } is ______________.
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There are 16 ordered pairs in . We write all these ordered pairs in 4 sets as follows.
All elements of set have image 4 and only element of has image 1.
All elements of set have image 3 or 4 and all elements of set have image 2 or 3 or 4 .
We will solve this question in two cases.
Case I: When no element of set has image 3.
Number of onto functions (when elements of set have images 2 or 3
Case II: When atleast one element of set has image 3.
Number of onto functions
Total number of functions
All elements of set have image 4 and only element of has image 1.
All elements of set have image 3 or 4 and all elements of set have image 2 or 3 or 4 .
We will solve this question in two cases.
Case I: When no element of set has image 3.
Number of onto functions (when elements of set have images 2 or 3
Case II: When atleast one element of set has image 3.
Number of onto functions
Total number of functions