a. Define a relation R on Z as follows: For all integers m and n, mRn + 3|(m – n).Then 3R5(A) True(В) Falseb. With R defined as above, 5R8(A) True(B) Falsec. With R defined as above, R is symmetric.(A) True(B) False

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a. Define a relation R on Z as follows: For all integers m and n, mRn + 3|(m – n). Then 3R5 (A) True (B) False b. With R defined as above, 5R8 (A) True (B) False c. With R defined as above, Ris symmetric. (A) True (B) False