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Objective
To demonstrate a function which is not one-one but is onto.
Material Required Cardboard, nails, strings, adhesive and plastic strips. . Method of Construction • 1Paste a plastic strip on the left hand side of the cardboard and fix three nails on it as shown in the Fig.. Name the nails on the strip as 1, 2 and 3. • 2. Paste another strip on the right hand side of the cardboard and fix two nails in the plastic strip as shown in Fig. Name the nails on the strip as a and b. • 3. Join nails on the left strip to the nails on the right strip DEMONSTRATION 1. Take the set X = {1, 2, 3} 2. Take the set Y = {a, b} 3. Join (correspondence) elements of X to the elements of Y OBSERVATION • 1. The image of the element 1 of X in Y is __________. • The image of the element 2 of X in Y is __________. • The image of the element 3 of X in Y is __________. • 2. Every element in X has a _________ image in Y. So, the function is _________(one-one/not one-one). • 3. The pre-image of each element of Y in X _________ (exists/does not exist). So, the function is ________ (onto/not onto). NOTE Demonstrate the same activity by changing the number of the elements of the sets X and Y. APPLICATION This activity can be used to demonstrate the concept of one-one and onto function.