If A = {x ∈ ℕ : x is prime and x < 2}, what is A?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: ∅
The only natural number less than 2 is 1, assuming the usual positive-natural-number convention. However, 1 is not prime: a prime number has exactly two distinct positive divisors, whereas 1 has only one positive divisor. Thus no natural number satisfies both conditions, so A is the empty set, ∅.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
∅
Why is this the correct answer?
The only natural number less than 2 is 1, assuming the usual positive-natural-number convention. However, 1 is not prime: a prime number has exactly two distinct positive divisors, whereas 1 has only one positive divisor. Thus no natural number satisfies both conditions, so A is the empty set, ∅.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Mathematics question. Chapter: Sets. Topic: The Empty Set, Finite and Infinite Sets, Equal Sets.