Mat150 Tutorial Sheet 1 2021

MUKUBA UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

MAT150 – FOUNDATION MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS FOR SCIENCE
TUTORIAL SHEET 1: SET THEORY ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS
1.(a) In a competition, a school awarded medals in different categories. 36 medals in dance, 12

medals in dramatics and 18 medals in music. If these medals went to a total of 45 persons
and only 4 persons got medals in all the three categories, how many received medals in
exactly two of these categories?
(b) In a group of 100 persons, 72 people can speak English and 43 can speak French. How
many can speak English only? How many can speak French only and how many can speak
both English and French?
(c) In a class of 100 students, 35 like science and 45 like math. 10 like both. How many like
either of them and how many like neither?
(d) Among a group of students, 50 played cricket, 50 played hockey and 40 played volley ball.
15 played both cricket and hockey, 20 played both hockey and volley ball, 15 played cricket
and volley ball and 10 played all three. If every student played at least one game, find the
number of students and how many played only cricket, only hockey and only volley ball?
2. Show each of the following relations by using arbitrary sets:
(a) A  B = B  A (b) (c)
3. Let E be a union set for any arbitrary sets A, B and C. Show with an example that
(a) A  B c  A  B (b) A  Ac   (c) A  Ac  E
(d) ( A  B) c  Ac  B c (e) ( A  B) c  Ac  B c (f) A  ( B  C)  ( A  B)  ( A  C )
4.(a) Define a rational number.
(b) Show that the following real numbers are rational:

(i) ̇ (ii) ̇ ̇ (iii) ̇ ̇ (iv) ̇
5.(i) Let be the universal set of the sets and

. Find,
(a) A  B (b) A  B (c) A c (d) Ac  B c (e) Ac  B c (f) A  B
(ii) Represent the following subsets of on the number line
(a) A = (-5,-2) [2, )

(b) B = [-1,3] (2,6]
(c) C=(-4 , 2] [-2 , 11)
(d) D= (- , -3] (2 , 5]
(iii) Let U  (5,9] be the universal set and A  (3,1) , B  (2,6) and C  (1,4] . Using a
number line, find
(a) A  B (b) A  B (c) A c (d) B c (e) Ac  B (f)  A  B c (g) A  B c
6.(a) Let k be an integer. Write
2 1
(i) in the form k  3 (ii) in the form k 2 (iii) 48 in the form k 3
1 1
1  2
3 2
3 3 3 52 3
(iv) 5 27 in the form k 3 (v) in the form k 3 (vi) in the form k  3
3 3 2 3
(b) Expand and simplify each of the following:
(i) (2  3 )(2  3 ) (ii) (2  5 )(1  5 ) (iii) (2  3 ) 2  (2  3 ) 2 (iv) (2a  b ) 2
(4  2 3 )(4  2 3 )
(v) (vi) (7  5 )(3  5 ) (vii) ( 7  2)( 7  2)
11
7. Write each of the following in the form a  b c , where a , b and c are integers:
1 3 7 5 30
(a) (3  5 ) 2 (b) (3  2 ) 2 (c) (d) (e) 80 
2 8 5 1 5
7 5 5 3 2 1 1
(f) (g) (h) 
3 5 2 3 1
1 2
2
8. Rationalise the denominator in each of the following:

1
2
1 5 6 x 3 6 3 1 22 5 3
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)
2 3 x 3 1
4 1 5 3 2
3
9. Simplify each of the following:
50  2  8 5 1
(a) 48 (b) 192  12 (c) (d) 7 4 3  
40  12 3 3
a b
10. (a) If a  b  , find
4b
 5  2 (vii) 257 1

1 3 1 53
(i) 2 4 (ii) 1  2  3 (iii)  3  (iv) (v) 10  1 (vi)
2  1 3 3
1 3b
(b) If a  b  a , find
2 5
5  2
(i) 1  3 (ii) 2  1  3 (iii) (iv)  2  3  1  3
1 3
4b
(c) Given that a  b  3a  , find the value of k if 2k 16  13 .
4a
(d) Let  be a binary operation on the set of real numbers defined by a  b  2 ba , where a and b
are real numbers.
(i) Is  commutative on real numbers? Justify your answer.
(ii) Find  1  (4  9)
11. (a) Define the absolute value of a real number x .
(b) Evaluate each of the following:
(i)  7 (ii) 19 (iii) 8  17 (iv) 4   13 (v) 2  8   17
1 2 7 2  4
(viii)   6 (ix)  3
2
(vi)   2 (vii) (x) 3  7   9
2 1 3
12.(a) Define the cross product of the non-empty sets A and B.
(b) Given that A  {1,2,5} and B  {2,1} , find (i) A B (ii) B A (iii)  A  B   B (iv) A A
(c) Prove that the cross product of sets A and B is not in general commutative. State the conditions
under which the cross product of A and B is commutative.
ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS

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MUKUBA UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

1.(a) In a competition, a school awarded medals in different categories. 36 medals in dance, 12

2. Show each of the following relations by using arbitrary sets:

(a) A  B = B  A (b) (c)

4.(a) Define a rational number.

(b) Show that the following real numbers are rational:

5.(i) Let be the universal set of the sets and

(a) A  B (b) A  B (c) A c (d) Ac  B c (e) Ac  B c (f) A  B

(ii) Represent the following subsets of on the number line

(a) A = (-5,-2) [2, )

6.(a) Let k be an integer. Write

(b) Expand and simplify each of the following:

(i) (2  3 )(2  3 ) (ii) (2  5 )(1  5 ) (iii) (2  3 ) 2  (2  3 ) 2 (iv) (2a  b ) 2

8. Rationalise the denominator in each of the following:

9. Simplify each of the following:

 5  2 (vii) 257 1

are real numbers.

(i) Is  commutative on real numbers? Justify your answer.

11. (a) Define the absolute value of a real number x .

(b) Evaluate each of the following:

(i)  7 (ii) 19 (iii) 8  17 (iv) 4   13 (v) 2  8   17

12.(a) Define the cross product of the non-empty sets A and B.

ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS

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