QUIZ #2 NAME: _____________________________________________________ Score:

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A. TRUE or FALSE. If it is FALSE, give a counterexample.
1. Addition is a binary operation on

+
Q

2. Subtraction is a binary operation on

+
Q

3. Multiplication is a binary operation on

4. Division is a binary operation on

5. Division is a binary operation on

+
Z

6. Addition is a commutative binary operation on

+
Q

7. Subtraction is a commutative binary operation on

8. Division is a commutative binary operation on

9. The operation

+
Z

+
Q

is a commutative binary operation on

10.

Addition is a commutative binary operation on the set of even natural numbers.

11.

The operation

12.

Subtraction is a binary operation on

is a commutative binary operation on

13.

Division is a binary operation on

14.

Addition is an associative binary operation on

15.

Multiplication is an associative binary operation on

16.

The operation

17.

The operation

18.
19.
20.

is an associative binary operation on

is an associative binary operation on

has no identity element with respect to multiplication.

Every set with respect to a binary operation has an identity element.
All elements in a set with respect to a binary operation have inverses.

B. Answer the following.

1. Construct a Cayley table to show that multiplication is a binary operation on
where
2. Based from the tables below:

a) Is

b) Is

a binary operation on

a binary operation on

c) Is there an identity element of

with respect to

? If yes, what is

with respect to

? If yes, what is

it?
d) Is there an identity element of
it?
e) Find the inverses of the elements of S under

f) Find the inverses of the elements of S under

g) Is

h) Is

i) Is

j) Is

if they exist.

if they exist.

commutative? Support your answer by citing one example from the table.

commutative? Support your answer by citing one example from the table.

associative? Support your answer by citing one example from the table.

associative? Support your answer by citing one example from the table.

3. Determine whether the binary operation

commutative.

defined on

with

is

Find the identity element of

under

4. Show that Q,+ with Q,+ where

and an inverse of

for

if there exists.

is an isomorphism.