JEE Math Practice Question

Let $$\mathrm{A}=\{2,3,4\}$$ and $$\mathrm{B}=\{8,9,12\}$$. Then the number of elements in the relation $$\mathrm{R}=\left\{\left(\left(a_{1}, \mathrm{~b}_{1}\right),\left(a_{2}, \mathrm{~b}_{2}\right)\right) \in(A \times B, A \times B): a_{1}\right.$$ divides $$\mathrm{b}_{2}$$ and $$\mathrm{a}_{2}$$ divides $$\left.\mathrm{b}_{1}\right\}$$ is :

1. A.18
2. B.24
3. C.36
4. D.12