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Q.Classify each of the following as empty, singleton, finite, or universal (taking N\mathbb{N} as the universal set for this problem):

(i) {x:x∈N,x+5=2}\{x : x \in \mathbb{N}, x + 5 = 2\}
(ii) {7}\{7\}
(iii) {x:x∈N,x<6}\{x : x \in \mathbb{N}, x < 6\}
(iv) N\mathbb{N} itself.
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(i) x+5=2⇒x=−3x + 5 = 2 \Rightarrow x = -3. Since −3∉N-3 \notin \mathbb{N}, no natural number satisfies the condition, so the set has no elements — it is the empty set, ∅\emptyset.

(ii) {7}\{7\} contains exactly one element, 77. This is a singleton set.

(iii) x∈N,x<6x \in \mathbb{N}, x < 6 gives x=1,2,3,4,5x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 — five elements, a definite finite count. This is a finite set, {1,2,3,4,5}\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}. …

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