23. Let A = {1, 2, 3}. Then number of equivalence relations containing (1, 2) is (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Here 1 is related to 2.
there are two possible cases :
Case I : When 1 is not related to 3, then the relation R1 = {(1, 1), (1,2), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3)} is only equivalence relation containing (1,2).
Case II : When 1 is related to 3, then
A x A = {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (1, 2), (2, 1), (1, 3), (3, 1), (2, 3), (3, 2)} is the only equivalence relation containing (1, 2). there are two equivalence relations on A containing (1, 2). (B) is correct answer.