11 Set Notation and Venn Diag

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SET NOTATION & VENN DIAGRAMS

Venn diagrams are a visual way to represent sets of data (in groups). A set is a collection
or group of objects, called elements or members. We name the sets with letters and
describe the elements within the set by:
 Listing all elements inside braces
e.g. S= { 1, 3 , 5 ,7 ,9 }
 Writing a description of the elements inside braces
e.g. T ={ odd integers ¿0¿10 }

If a set is finite, the symbol n(S) equals the number of elements of S.


e.g. if A={ 5 ,6 ,7 , 8 , 9 , 10 }, then n( A)=6.
If B= {letters∈the alphabet }, then n(B)=26.

A set is called an empty set if it has no members at all. The symbol for an empty set is ∅ .
e.g. if D= { odd integers between 1.5∧2 }, then D= ∅.

The universal set is the set of all objects we are considering in a particular situation. The
symbol for the universal set is U orε .

Two sets A and B are mutually exclusive if they have no elements in common, meaning
A ∩ B= ∅

Just like complementary events, the complement of set A , written as A or A ' , is the set of
all members in that universal set which are not in A .
e.g. if A={ 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 } and E={ integers¿ 1¿ 9 } then A={ 1 ,3 , 5 ,7 , 9 } .

p ( A )=1−P( A)

Consider the following Venn diagram:

The circle A represets set A , which contains the letters a , b , c and e .


So A={ a , b , c ,e } and n ( A ) =4 .
Similarly circle B represents set B. So B= { c , d , e , f , h } and n ( B )=5
The rectangle ε represents the universal set. ε ={ a , b , c , d , e , f , g ,h } and n ( ε )=8
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SETS
Note that sets A and B have two elements in common: c
and e . The overlap represents the intersection of the two
sets.
A ∩ B is the intersection of sets A and B
A ∩ B= { c , e }

A ∪ B is the union of sets A and B.


A ∪ B is the union of sets A or B or both.
A ∪ B= {a ,b ,c , d , e , f , h }

The diagram shows A ' (also denoted A ¿ , which is the


complement of A . It contains all the elements of ε that
are not in A .
A={ d , f , g , h }

Venn diagrams are used to represent two or more attributes and shaded to show the
three key situations of and, or and not.

Discuss example 3, 4

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