SET THEORY (03)

1. If A = {3,4,5,6} and B = {4,6,8,10} , find A  B .

2. Let A = { x : x is a prime number less than 10 and let B = x : x  N , x is a factor of 8 . Find
A B .

3. Let A = { x : x is a positive integer  and B = {x : x is a negative integer . Find A  B .

4. Let A = 1,3,5,7,9 and B = 2,3,5,7,11,13 . Find A  B .

5. If A = x : x  N , x is a factor of 12 and B = x : x  N , x is a factor of 18, find A  B .

6. If A = 2,4 and B = 3,5 , find A  B .

7.    
If A = 1,3,5,7,9 , B = 2,4,6,8 and C = 2,3,5,7,11 find   ( A B) and ( A C ) . What do you
conclude?
8. Give example of three sets A, B, C such that A  B ( )   , (B C )   , ( A C )   and
(A  B  C )   .
9. Give an example of three sets A, B, C such that A  B = A  C but B  C .

10. If A = x : x  N , x is a factor of 6 and B = x : x  N , x is a factor of 8 , then find (i) A  B

(ii) A  B (iii) A − B (iv) B − A .

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11. If U = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8} and A = {2,4,6,8} , find (i) A (ii) ( A) .

12. Let N be the universal set

(i) If A = x : x  N and x is odd, find A .
(ii) If B = x : x  N , x is divisible by 3 and 5 , find B  .

13. If A = {a, b, c, d , e, f } , B = {c, e, g , h} and C = {a, e, m, n} find :

(i) A  B (ii) B C (iii) A C (iv) B C (v) CA (vi) A  B

14. If A = {1,2,3,4,5}, B = {4,5,6,7,8}, C = {7,8,9,10,11} and D = {10,11,12,13,14} find :

(i) A  B (ii) B C A C
(iii) (iv) B  D (v) ( A  B)  C
(vi) ( A  B)  C (vii) ( A  B )  D (viii) (A  B)  (B  C ) (ix) ( A  C )  (C  D)

15. If A = {3,5,7,9,11}, B = {7,9,11,13}, C = {11,13,15} and D = {15,17} find

(i) A  B (ii) A C (iii) B C (iv) B  D (v) B  (C  D) (vi) A  (B  C )

16. If A = x : x  N , B = x : x  N and x is even, C = x : x  N and x is odd and

D = x : x  N and x is prime  then find :
(i) A  B (ii) A C (iii) A  D (iv) B  C (v) B  D (vi) CD

17. If A = 2x : x  N and 1  x  4, B = ( x + 2) : x  N and 2  x  5 and

C = x : x  N and 4  x  8 find :
(i) A  B (ii) A  B (iii) ( A  B )  C

18. If A = {2,4,6,8,10,12} and B = {3,4,5,6,7,8,10} find :

(i) ( A − B) (ii) (B − A) (iii) (A − B)  (B − A)

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19. If A = {a, b, c, d , e} , B = {a, c, e, g} and C = {b, e, f , g} find:

(i) A  ( B − C ) (ii) A − ( B  C ) (iii) A − ( B  C )

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20. If A =  : x  N and x  8 and B =  : x  N and x  4 , find
 x   2 x 
(i) A  B (ii) A  B (iii) A − B (iv) B − A

21. If R is the set of all real numbers and Q is the set of all rational numbers then what is the set
(R − Q) .
22. If A = {2,3,5,7,11} and B =  find
(i) A  B (ii) A  B

23. If A and B are two sets such that A  B , then find

(i) A  B (ii) A  B (iii) A − B

24. Which of the following sets are pairs of disjoint sets? Justify your answer.
(i) A = {3,4,5,6} and B = {2,5,7,9} (ii) C = {1,2,3,4,5} and D = {6,7,9,11}
(iii)E = x : x  N , x is even and x  8
F = x : x = 3n, n  N and n  4
(iv) G = x : x  N , x is even and H = x : x  N , x is prime 
(v) J = x : x  N , x is even and K = x : x  N , x is odd

25. If U = {1,2,3,4,5,67,8,9}, A = {1,2,3,4}, B = {2,4,6,8} and C = {1,4,5,6} find

  
(i) A (ii) B  (iii) C (iv) (B) (v) ( A  B ) (vi) ( A  C )
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(vii) (B − C )

26. If U = {a, b, c, d , e}, A = {a, b, c}, B = {b, c, d , e} then verify that

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(i) ( A  B ) = ( A  B) (ii) ( A  B ) = ( A  B)

27. If U is the universal set and A  U then fill in the blanks :

(i) A  A = ….. (ii) A  A = ….. (iii)    A = ….. (iv) U   A = …...

28. Let A = {a, e, i, o, u} and B = {a, b, c} . Find A B.

29. Let A = {1,2,3} and B =  . Find A B.

30. B = 3,4,5,6, C = 5,6,7,8 and D = 7,8,9,10, find

If A = {1,2,3,4} ,
(i) A  B (ii) A C (iii) B  C (iv) B  D (v) A B C
(vi) A  B  D (vii) B  C  D

31. Let A = x : x  N , x is a factor of of 6 and B = x  N : x is a factor of of 8 . Find A  B .

32. Let X and Y be the two sets expressed as X = x : x is a natural number and multiple of 3 and
Y = x : x is a natural number less than 6. Find X  Y .

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33. Let P =  : x  N , x  7 and Q =  : x  N , x  4 . Find Q  P .
x   2x 

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34. Let A = {a, b} , B = {a, b, c} . Is A  B ? What is A  B ?

35. If A = {3,4,5,6} , B = {4,6,8,10,12} , then find A  B .

36. Find the union of each of the following pairs of sets :

 
(i) X = 1,3,5 , Y = 1,2,3  
(ii) A = {2,4,6,8} , B = {6,8,10,12}
(iii) A = x : x is a natural number and 1  x  6
B = x : x is a natural number and 6  x  10.

37. Find A  B , where A = {2,3,5,7,9} , B =  .

38. Let A = {a, b, c, d , e, f } , B = {a, e, i, o, u} and C = u, v, w. Find A  B and A  B  C .

39. Let A = {a, e, i, o, u} and B = {a, i, u} . Show that A  B = A .

40. If A = x : x is a prime number less than 8 and B = {x : x  N , x  6} , then find A  B .

41. Given that P = {3 x : x  N ,1  x  4} and Q = {x + 2 : x  N ,2  x  6} . Find P  Q .

42. If A and B are two sets such that A  B , then what is A  B ?

43. If P = {2,3,5,7,11,13} and Q = {1,3,5,7} , then find P  Q .

44. Let A = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10} , B = {2,3,5,7} . Find A  B and hence show that A  B = B .

45. Find the intersection of each of the following pair of sets :

 
(i) X = 1,3,5 , Y = 1,2,3   (ii) A = {a, e, i, o, u} , B = {a, b, c}
(iii) A = {2,4,6,8} , B = {6,8,10,12}
(iv) A = x : x is a natural number and multiple of 3 , B = x : x is a natural number and  6

46. If A = {3,5,7,9,11} , B = {7,9,11,13} , C = {11,13,15} , D = {15,17} , then find

(i) B C (ii) A C (iii) B  D (iv) A  (B  C ) (v) A  D

47. If A = x : x is a multiple of 2 and B = {x : x  N , x  5} , then find A  B .

48. If A = x : x is an even prime number  and B = {x : x  N , x  5} , then find A  B .

49. Let A = {2 x : x  N } , B = {4 x : x  N } and C = {5 x : x  N } . Find A  B , B  C and C  A .

50. If A = x : x is a natural number , B = x : x is an even natural number ,

C = x : x is an odd natural number  and D = x : x is a prime number  , the find the value of
(i) A  B (ii) A C (iii) A  D (iv) B  C (v) B  D (vi) C  D

51. Which of the following sets are disjoint ?

A = {2,1,4} B = {−1,5,1} C = {2,9}

52. If A = {a, b, c, d , e} , B = {a, c, e, g} and C = {b, e, f , g} verify that

(i) A  B = B  A (ii) AC = C  A (iii) B  C = C  B
(iv) A  B = B  A (v) B C = C  B (vi) A  C = C  A
( )
(vii) A  B  C = A  (B  C ) (viii) ( A  B)  C = A  (B  C )

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53. If A = {a, b, c, d , e} , B = {a, c, e, g} and C = {b, e, f , g} verify that

(i) A  (B − C ) = ( A  B) − ( A  C ) (ii) A − (B  C ) = ( A − B)  ( A − C )

54. If A = {x : x  N , x  7} , B = {x : x is prime, x  8} and C = {x : x  N , x is odd and x  10} , verify

that :
( ) (
(i) A  B  C = A  B  A  C ) ( ) ( ) (
(ii) A  B  C = A  B  A  C ) ( )
55. If U = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} , A = {2,4,6,8} and B = {2,3,5,7} verify that :
 
(i) ( A  B ) = ( A  B) (ii) ( A  B ) = ( A  B)

56. Let A = {a, b, c} , B = {b, c, d , e} and C = {c, d , e, f } be subsets of U = {a, b, c, d , e, f } . Then verify
that
  
(i) ( A) = A (ii) ( A  B ) = ( A  B) (iii) ( A  B ) = ( A  B)
57. Suppose that A1 , A2 ,…, A30 are thirty sets each with 5 elements and B1 , B2 ,…, Bn are n sets
30 n
each with 3 elements such that  Ai = S =  B j . If each element of S belongs to exactly 10 of the
i =1 j =1

Ai ’s and to exactly 9 of the B j ’s, then find the value of n .

VENN DIAGRAM

1. If A = {a, b, c, e, f } , B = {c, d , e, g} and C = {b, c, f , g} be subsets of the set

U = {a, b, c, d , e, f , g , h} . Draw Venn diagrams to represent the following sets :
(i) A  B (ii) A  (B  C ) (iii) A − B (iv) B − A (v) A − (B  C )
(vi) (B − C )  (C − B)

2. Let A = {2,4,6,8,10} , B = {4,8,12,16} and C = {6,12,18,24} . Using Venn diagrams, verify that
(i) (A  B)  C = A  (B  C ) (ii) (A  B)  C = A  (B  C )
3. Let A = {a, e, i, o, u} , B = {a, d , e, o, v} and C = {e, o, t , m} . Using Venn diagrams verify the following :
(i) A  (B  C ) = ( A  B)  ( A  C ) (ii) A  (B  C ) = ( A  B)  ( A  C ) .

4. Let A  B  U . Exhibit it in a Venn diagram.

5. Let A = {2,3,5,7,11,13} and B = {5,7,9,11,15} be subsets of U = {2,3,5,7,9,11,13,15} . Using Venn

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diagrams verify that : (i) ( A  B ) = ( A  B) (ii) ( A  B ) = ( A  B) .

6. Using Venn diagrams show that ( A − B) , ( A  B) , and (B − A) are disjoint sets, taking
A = {2,4,6,8,10,12} and B = {3,6,9,12,15} .

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