Asked in PMC Practice Test 8 (2021) 2021Moderate

The set of all real numbers under the usual multiplication operation is not a group because?

Correct answer: A. zero has no inverse.

  • A. zero has no inverse.
  • B. Identity element does not exist.
  • C. Multiplication is not associative.
  • D. Both A and B.

Explanation

Set of real number i.e. (−∞,0)∪(0,∞) is under usual multiplication operation because 0∈R and zero do not have an inverse i.e. it can not give ordered airs to be included in a group.

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