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Consider the following first order logic formula in which R is a binary relation symbol.
xy(R(x,y)R(y,x))
The formula is

A
Satisfiable and valid
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Unsatisfiable but its negation is valid
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Satisfiable but its negation is unsatisfiable
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D
Satisfiable and also its negation
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Solution

The correct option is D Satisfiable and also its negation
Since a relation may or may not be symmetric, the given predicate is satisfiable but not valid .
So (a) is clearly false.
Whennever a predicate is satisfiable its negation also is satisfiable . So option (b) is the correct answer.

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