SOLUTION: Determine whether the sets are equal only, equivalent only, both equal and equivalent, or neither equal nor equivalent. { 3, 15} and { 3, 1, 5} Thank you

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Question 437648: Determine whether the sets are equal only, equivalent only, both equal and equivalent, or neither equal nor equivalent.


{ 3, 15} and { 3, 1, 5}
Thank you
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two sets are equal if they are also equivalent (it's not the other way around). Since there isn't a one-to-one correspondence between the elements in each set, the two sets are NOT equivalent. So therefore, the two sets are NOT equal. So these sets are neither equal nor equivalent.