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

The collection of ten most talented writers of India.

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The collection of ten most talented writers of India is not a well-defined collection because the criteria for determining a writer’s talent may vary from person to person.

Hence, this collection is not a set.

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Chapter 1: Sets - Exercise 1.1 [Page 4]

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