I need help with my last 3 Discrete Mathematic homework questions relating to (ironically) Relation

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I underestimated DM, I managed to solve 7 out of 10 but these three been bugging me for days and looking online haven't helped much, can anyone help me ?

Question 1

  1. Suppose that A is a nonempty set, and f is a function that has A as its domain. Let R be the relation on A consisting of all ordered pairs (x, y) where f (x) = f (y). Show that R is an equivalence relation on A? What are the equivalence classes of R ?

  2. Let R be a reflexive relation on a set A. Show that Rn is reflexive for all positive integers n.

Question 2 ( This one is mostly because I've been hearing many conflicting ideas )

Which of these are posets?

  1. (Z, =)
  2. (Z, 6=)
  3. (Z, ≥)
  4. (Z, the not related to symbol )

Question 3

Let R be the relation on the set A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} such that (a, b)R(c, d) ⇔ a + b = c + d

  1. Is R an equivalence relation?
  2. What is the equivalence class of [(1,3)], [(2,4)], [(1,1)]?
  3. Find the partition of set A formed by the equivalence classes of part b.

Thanks a lot everyone. Please help me get through my exam next week. Have a nice weekend guys :)