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1 23setoperations
1 23setoperations
Let ,
and .
Find the following.
a.
Example Finding the set complement
Let , and . Find the following.
a. b.
Solution
a.
b.
Subsets of a Set
Subset of a set
Set is a subset of set , denoted by , if and
only if all elements of are also elements of .
Proper subset of a set
Set is a proper subset of set if and only if all
elements of are also elements of , but .
Subset of a set
Subset relationships
For any set A,
a. is a subset of itself, .
b. The empty set is a subset of .
Example 1 Enumerate the subsets of a
set
Consider . List down all the subsets of set .
Solution
Subsets of set :
Number of subsets of a set
A∪B={1,2,3}
Example Find the union of sets
Let , , and .
Solution
a.
b.
c.
INTERSECTION OF SETS A AND B
Given two sets and , their intersection,
denoted by , is the set of elements common
to both and .
{1,2}∩{2,3}
A∩B={2}
Example 1.Find the intersection of sets
Let , and .
a. 𝐴∩𝐵 b. 𝐵∪𝐶 c. 𝐴′ ∪𝐶 d. 𝐵′ ∩𝐶
APPLICATIONS OF THE VENN DIAGRAM
EXAMPLE 1.
ANSWERS
1.Two students are taking neither class.
2. There are 38 students in at least one of the classes.
3. There is a 60% probability that a randomly-chosen student in this group is
taking Chemistry but not English.
Example 3: Application of Venn
Diagram
At a certain high school, each student is a member of
the English Club, the Science Club, or the Mathematics
Club. Of the 79 students asked, 33 are members of the
English Club, 37 are members of the Math Club, and 37 are
members of the of the Science club. Furthermore, 7 are
members of both the English and the Math Clubs, 12 are
members of both the English and the Science Clubs, and 9
are members of the Science and Math Clubs. No high
school student is a member of all the three clubs. How
many joined only the Math Club?
Example 3 SOLUTION
Let E, S, and M denote the sets of members of
English, Science, and Mathematics Club, respectively.
Since n(E ∩ S ∩ M) = 0, then the number of students who only joined the
Mathematics Club is