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Exercise 1.1 · Q3

Q.State whether the following sets are finite or infinite.

(i) {x∈N:x is an even prime number}\{x\in N : x \text{ is an even prime number}\}.
(ii) {x∈N:x is an odd prime number}\{x\in N : x \text{ is an odd prime number}\}.
(iii) {x∈Z:x is even and less than 10}\{x\in Z : x \text{ is even and less than } 10\}.
(iv) {x∈R:x is a rational number}\{x\in R : x \text{ is a rational number}\}.
(v) {x∈N:x is a rational number}\{x\in N : x \text{ is a rational number}\}.
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Step 1 (i). Even primes: only 22 is both even and prime. {2}\{2\} has one element ⇒\Rightarrow finite.

Step 2 (ii). Odd primes: 3,5,7,11,13,…3,5,7,11,13,\dots continue forever (there are infinitely many primes, and all but one are odd) ⇒\Rightarrow infinite.

Step 3 (iii). Even integers less than 10: …,−4,−2,0,2,4,6,8\dots,-4,-2,0,2,4,6,8 -- unbounded below ⇒\Rightarrow infinite.

Step 4 (iv). All rational numbers in RR: infinitely many ⇒\Rightarrow infinite.

Step 5 (v). Rational numbers that are also natural numbers: every natural number is rational, so this set is just NN itself ⇒\Rightarrow infinite.

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(i) finite ({2}\{2\}) (ii)-(v) infinite.

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