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Onto Function or Surjective - Practice Questions & MCQ

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  • Onto Function or Surjective is considered one the most difficult concept.

  • 7 Questions around this concept.

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Let A = {x1,x2,x3......,x7} and B = { y1 ,y2 ,y3 } be two sets containing seven and three distinct elements respectively. Then the total number of functions f: A \rightarrow B that are onto, if there exist exactly three elements x in A such that f(x) = y2, is equal to :

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Onto Function or Surjective

A function $f: X \rightarrow Y$ is said to be onto (or surjective), if every element of $Y$ is the image of some element of $X$ under $f$, i.e., for every $y \in Y$, there exists an element $x$ in $X$ such that $f(x)=y$

Hence, Range = co-domain for an onto function

Some examples of onto function
Consider, $X=\left\{x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4\right\}$ and $Y=\left\{y_1, y_2, y_3\right\} \mid$

$
f: X \rightarrow Y
$
 

As every element in Y has a pre-image in X, so it is an onto function

Method to show onto or surjective

Find the range of $y=f(x)$ and show that range of $f(x)=$ co-domain of $f(x)$

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