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(a) The set of negative integers is countable.
(b) The set of integers that are multiples of 7 is countable.
(c) The set of even integers is countable.
(d) The set of real numbers between 0 and 1/2 is countable.
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Option D) The set of real numbers between 0 and 1/2 is countable. is not true

A set is countable if we can say what is the nth element going to be. For example set of negative integer, we know that first element will be -1, and 5th element will be -5 and nth element will be -n. Similarly we can for multiple of 7 and even number too. 

But we can not do the same for real number. Because there is infinite real between (o and 1/2). There is a theorem which state that if P and Q are real then (P+Q)/2 will always be a real number. This theorem can be used to prove that there are infinite many real number between any two real number. 

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