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Identify whether the following is set or not? Justify your answer. The collection of all boys in your class.

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Identify whether the following is set or not? Justify your answer.

The collection of all boys in your class.

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The collection of all boys in your class is a well-defined collection because you can definitely identify a boy who belongs to this collection.

Hence, this collection is a set.

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Chapter 1: Sets - EXERCISE 1.1 [Page 4]

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Chapter 1 Sets
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