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Q.Write the set A={x:x∈N, x is a divisor of 12}A = \{x : x \in \mathbb{N},\ x \text{ is a divisor of } 12\} in roster form, and write the set {2,4,6,8,10}\{2, 4, 6, 8, 10\} in set-builder form.

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Roster form of AA. A natural number is a divisor of 1212 if it divides 1212 exactly (no remainder). Testing the naturals: 1,2,3,4,61, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 1212 all divide 1212, while 5,7,8,9,10,115, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 do not. Listing the divisors:

A={1,2,3,4,6,12}.A = \{1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12\}.

Set-builder form of {2,4,6,8,10}\{2, 4, 6, 8, 10\}. These are precisely the even natural numbers from 22 up to 1010. The common property "is an even natural number and is at most 1010" describes exactly this list, so

{2,4,6,8,10}={x:x∈N, x is even, x≤10}.\{2, 4, 6, 8, 10\} = \{x : x \in \mathbb{N},\ x \text{ is even},\ x \le 10\}.

(An equivalent set-builder description is {2n:n∈N, 1≤n≤5}\{2n : n \in \mathbb{N},\ 1 \le n \le 5\}.)

✓Final answer

A={1,2,3,4,6,12}A = \{1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12\}; and {2,4,6,8,10}={x:x∈N, x is even, x≤10}\{2, 4, 6, 8, 10\} = \{x : x \in \mathbb{N},\ x \text{ is even},\ x \le 10\}.

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