Q.Write true or false: f:x→y is onto function then range of f=y.
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Onto (Surjective) Functions
A function f:A→B is onto — also called surjective — if every element of the codomain B is hit by at least one input from A. Nothing in B is left over.
Picture posting letters into pigeonholes: the function is onto when every pigeonhole receives at least one letter. It doesn't matter if some hole gets two or three — only that none stays empty.
Precise statement
f:A→B is onto if
for every y∈B, there exists x∈A such that f(x)=y.
Equivalently, the range equals the codomain: f(A)=B.
How to check
Take an arbitrary y in the codomain and try to solve f(x)=y for some x in the domain. If you can always produce such an x, the function is onto.
Example. f:R→R, f(x)=2x+1. For any y, choose x=2y−1∈R, and f(x)=y. So f is onto.
Non-example. f:R→R, f(x)=x2. No x gives f(x)=−1, because squares are never negative. The negative reals are never reached, so f is not onto. …
The very definition of an onto function is that every element of the codomain gets hit by some input, which is exactly the same as saying the range equals the codomain. …
By definition, f:X→Y is onto exactly when every element of Y is the image of some element of X, i.e. range =Y.
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- CBSE 2026Set A1 markMCQQ.f:A→B will be an into function if(a) f(A)⊂B(b) f(A)=B(c) f(A)⊃B(d) none of these
›Reveal solutionSolution
A function is into when its range does not fill the whole codomain: f(A)⊂B.
For f:A→B, the range is f(A)⊆B. The function is onto (surjective) when f(A)=B. It is into when at least one element of B is …
- CBSE 2026Set ANNUAL1 markQ.Write True or False: f:X→Y is onto if and only if range of f=Y.
›Reveal solutionSolution
True - onto ⇔ range =Y.
A function f:X→Y is onto (surjective) if every element of Y is an image of …
- CBSE 2025Set E1 markMCQQ.f:A→B will be an onto function, if(a) f(A)⊂B(b) f(A)=B(c) f(A)⊃B(d) f(A)=B
›Reveal solutionSolution
f is onto (surjective) precisely when the range f(A) equals the whole codomain B.
A function f:A→B is onto if every element of B is the image of at least one element of A; that is, the range equals the codomain: …
- CBSE 2024Set D1 markMCQQ.f:A→B will be an onto function, if(a) f(A)⊂B(b) f(A)=B(c) f(A)⊃B(d) None of these
›Reveal solutionSolution
Onto ⇔f(A)=B.
A function f:A→B is called onto (surjective) if every element of the codomain B is the image of at least one element of A. Equivalently, the range (image) of f equals the whole codomain:
f(A)=B. …
- CBSE 2023Set A1 markQ.Write true or false: f:x→y is onto function then range of f=y.
›Reveal solutionSolution
By definition, f:X→Y is onto exactly when every element of Y is the image of some element of X, i.e. range =Y.
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- CBSE 2022Set ANNUAL1 markQ.Show that the function f:N→N, given by f(x)=2x is not onto.
›Reveal solutionSolution
Onto requires every element of the codomain to have a pre-image; find an element of N that f never reaches.
f:N→N, f(x)=2x. The range of f is the set of even natural numbers {2,4,6,…}.
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- CBSE 2019Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.f:A→B will be an onto function of -(a) f(A)⊂B(b) f(A)=B(c) f(A)⊃B(d) f(A)=B
›Reveal solutionSolution
f is onto when f(A)=B.
A function f:A→B is onto (surjective) if every element of B is the image of some element of A, i.e. the range …
- CBSE 2019Set ANNUAL1 markQ.Prove that the function f:R→R defined on f(x)=2x∀x∈R is onto.
›Reveal solutionSolution
Every real y is hit: choosing x = y/2 gives f(x) = y, so f is onto.
f : R → R, f(x) = 2x. A function is onto (surjective) if every element of the codomain has a pre-image.
Step 1: Take any y ∈ R (codomain).
Step 2: Choose x = y/2, which is a real number, so x ∈ R (domain).
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