Chapter 1 Problem Set
Chapter 1 Problem Set
Problem Set 1:
(1) Describe the following sets by both the roster and the rule method. (a)
The set T of even numbers greater than 0 but less than 10
T= {2, 4,6, 8}
T= { X|X is a set of even numbers greater than 0 but less than 10}
C= { c,a,r,p,e,n, t, e, r }
C= { X|X is a set of distinct letters in word “carpenter” }
U = {d,i,c,t,i,o,a,r,y}
A = {x | x is a distinct letter in the word ”diary”}
A = {d,i,a,r,y}
B = {x | x is a distinct letter in the word ”nation”}
B = {n,a,t,i,o,n}
C = {x | x is a distinct letter in the word ”crayon”}
C = {c,r,a,y,o,n}
Find:
(a) A ∩ B
c
(b) (A ∪ C)
c
(c) A ∩ C
(d) (A − B) ∪ C
(4) Find the powers set of N = {a, k, o}.
(5) In the given diagram
c
(b) (B ∪ C)
(c) B − (A ∩ C)
(6) Solve the following problem using Venn Diagram.
In the CMU 2020 Palaro, there were athletes who played more than one of
the three major ball games, namely, basketball(B), football(F) and volleyball(V) as
follows:
(a) What is the total number of athletes playing the three major ball games? (b)
How many athletes played exactly two major ball games?
(c) How many athletes played basketball but not volleyball?
(d) How many athletes played both football and volleyball but not basketball? (e)
How many athletes played volleyball but not basketball and football?
(7) Write the relation as a set of ordered pairs, and determine its domain and range.
x y
0 3
−2 1
2
−7 1
−2 8
5 1
(8) Write the relation as a set of ordered pairs, and determine its domain and range.
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(9) Write the relation as a set of ordered pairs, and determine its domain and range.
(12) For each item below, determine if the relation define y as a function of x. (a)
(14) Given the function defined by g(x) = 4x − 3, find the function values, (a)
g( a)
(b) g(x + h)
(15) Write the domain and range for:
(a) f(x) = −6
(b) g(x) = 6 + x
2x+1
(c) h(x) =
x−9
(16) Sketch the graph of g(x) = 6 + x.
(17) Given the function defined by h(x) = √x − 1. Evaluate the function for the given
values of x: h(1), h(2), h(3), h(6), h(10).
(18) Given the function defined by f(x) = √1 − x. Write the domain and range of f . Graph f
by making a table of ordered pairs.
(19) Find the domain, range, and inverse of each function.
(a) g(x) = 4x − 8
(b) h(x) = {(−6, 2),(−9, 0),(−2, −1),(3, 4)}
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(c) f(x) =
x+2
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