Find the truth set in case of each of the following open sentences defined on N:

(i) x + 2 < 10


(ii) x + 5 < 4


(iii) x + 3 > 2


The open sentence x + 2 < 10 is defined on N; the set of natural numbers.


N: {1, 2, 3, 4…}


x = 1 x + 2 = 3 < 10


x = 2 x + 2 = 4 < 10


x = 3 x + 2 = 5 < 10


x = 4 x + 2 = 6 < 10


x = 5 x + 2 = 7 < 10


x = 6 x + 2 = 8 < 10


x = 7 x + 2 = 9 < 10


x = 8 x + 2 = 10


So, x N, such that x + 2 < 10


x = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} satisfies x + 2 <10.


So, the truth set of open sentence x + 2 < 10 defined on N is,


{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}


(ii) The open sentence x + 5 < 4 is defined on N; the set of natural numbers.


N: {1, 2, 3, 4…}


x = 1 1 + 5 = 6 > 4


So, the truth set of open sentence x + 5 < 4 defined on N is an empty set, {}.


(iii) The open sentence x + 3 > 2 is defined on N; the set of natural numbers.


N: {1, 2, 3, 4…}


x = 1 x + 3 = 4 > 2


x = 2 x + 3 = 5 > 2


x = 3 x + 3 = 6 > 2


x = 4 x + 3 = 7 > 2


x = 5 x + 3 = 8 > 2


x = 6 x + 3 = 9 > 2


And so on...


So, x N, such that x + 3 > 2


x = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7….} satisfies x + 3 > 2.


So, the truth set of open sentence x + 3 > 2 defined on N is an infinite set as there is infinite natural numbers satisfying the equation x + 3 > 2.


{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7….}


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