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Page No 1.10:

Question 4:

Are the following sets equal?
A = {x : x is a letter in the word reap}:
B = {x : x is a letter in the word paper};
C = {x : x is a letter in the word rope}.

Answer:

A = {r, e, a, p}
B = {p, a, e, r}
C = {r, o, p, e}
Here, A = B because every element of A is a member of B & every element of B is a member of A.
But every element of C is not a member of A & B.
Also, every element of A and B is not a member of C.
Therefore, we can say that these sets are not equal.

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Question 5:

From the sets given below, pair the equivalent sets:
A=1, 2, 3, B = t, p, q, r, s, C = α, β, γ, D = a, e, i, o, u.

Answer:

Two sets A & B are equivalent if their cardinal numbers are equal, i.e., n(A) = n(B).
n(A) = 3
n(B) = 5
n(C) = 3
n(D) =5
Therefore, equivalent sets are (A and C) and (B and D).

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Question 6:

Are the following pairs of sets equal? Give reasons.
(i) A = {2, 3}, B = {x : x is a solution of x2 + 5x + 6 = 0};
(ii) A = {x : x is a letter of the word " WOLF"};
    B = {x : x is a letter of the word " FOLLOW"}.

Answer:

(i) A = {2, 3}
    B = {-2, -3}
A is not equal to B because every element of A is not a member of B & every element of B is not a member of A.

(ii) A = {W, O, L, F}
     B = {F, O, L, W}
Here, A = B because every element of A is a member of B & every element of B is a member of A.

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Question 7:

From the sets given below, select equal sets and equivalent sets.
A = {0, a}, B = {1, 2, 3, 4} C = {4, 8, 12}, D = {3, 1, 2, 4},
E = {1, 0}, F = {8, 4, 12} G = {1, 5, 7, 11}, H = {a, b}.

Answer:

Equal sets:
(a) B and D, because every element of B is a member of D & every element of D is a member of B.
(b) C and F, because every element of C is a member of F & every element of F is a member of C
                
Equivalent sets:
(a) A, E and H      { n(A) = n(E) =n(H) = 2}
(b) B, D and G     { n(B) = n(D) =n(G) = 4}
(c) C and F           { n(C) = n(F)  = 3}
                        
                  

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Question 8:

Which of the following sets are equal?
A = {x : xN, x, < 3},
B = {1, 2}
C = {3, 1}
D = {x : xN, x is odd, x < 5},
E = {1, 2, 1, 1} F = {1, 1, 3}.

Answer:

A = {1, 2}
B = {1, 2}
C = {3, 1}
D = {1, 3}
E = {1, 2, 1, 1} = {1, 2}
F = {1, 1, 3} = {1, 3}
A = B = E and C = D = F

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Question 9:

Show that the set of letters needed to spell "CATARACT" and the set of letters needed to spell "TRACT" are equal.

Answer:

Letters required to spell CATARACT are {C, A, T, R}. Let this set be denoted as E.
E = {C, A, T, R}
Letters required to spell TRACT are {T, R, A, C}. Let this set be denoted as F.
F = {T, R, A, C}
The two sets E & F are equal because every element of E is a member of F & every element of F is a member of E.



Page No 1.16:

Question 1:

Which of the following statements are true? Give reason to support your answer.
(i) For any two sets A and B either AB or BA;
(ii) Every subset of an infinite set is infinite;
(iii) Every subset of a finite set is finite;
(iv) Every set has a proper subset;
(v) {a, b, a, b, a, b, ...} is an infinite set;
(vi) {a, b, c} and {1, 2, 3} are equivalent sets;
(vii) A set can have infinitely many subsets.

Answer:

(i) False It is not necessary that for any two sets A & B, either AB or BA.It is not satisfactory always.  Let: A={1,2} & B={α,β,γ}Here, neither AB nor BA.

(ii) False   A={-1,0,1,2,3} is a finite set that is a subset of infinite set Z.     

(iii) True Every subset of a finite set is a finite set.
 
(iv) Falseϕ does not have a proper subset.

(v) False{a,b,a,b,a,b,...} will be equal to {a,b}, which is a finite set.

(vi) True{a,b,c} and {1,2,3} are equivalent sets because the number of elements in both the sets are same.

(vii) FalseIn the set A={1,2}, subsets can be {ϕ}, {1} and {2}, which are finite.

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Question 2:

State whether the following statements are true or false:
(i) 1 1, 2, 3
(ii) a{b, c, a}
(iii) a a, b, c
(iv) a, b=a, a, b, b, a 
(v) The set {x ; x + 8 = 8} is the null set.

Answer:

(i) True
(ii) False
It should be written as {a} {b,c,a} or a{b,c,a}.
(iii) False
It should be written as {a} {b,c,a} or a{b,c,a}.
(iv) True
(v) False
The element of the set {x ; x + 8 = 8} is {0}. Therefore, it is not an empty or null set.

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Question 3:

Decide among the following sets, which are subsets of which:
A={x : x satisfies x2-8x+12=0},
B = 2, 4, 6, C = 2, 4, 6, 8, ..., D=6.

Answer:

We have:
  A={x : x satisfies x2-8x+12=0.}={2,6}
  B = {2, 4, 6}
  C = {2, 4, 6, 8,...}
  D = {6}
Therefore, we can say that DABC.

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Question 4:

Write which of the following statements are true? Justify your answer.
(i) The set of all integers is contained in the set of all set of all rational numbers.
(ii) The set of all crows is contained in the set of all birds.
(iii) The set of all rectangle is contained in the set of all squares.
(iv) The set of all real numbers is contained in the set of all complex numbers.
(v) The sets P = {a} and B = {{a}} are equal.
(vi) The sets A = {x : x is a letter of the word "LITTLE"} and,
B = {x : x is a letter of the word "TITLE"} are equal.

Answer:

(i) True 
A rational number is any mn, where m and n are any integers (n0). Any integer can be put into that form by setting n = 1. Therefore, the set of all integers is contained in the set of all rational numbers.
(ii) True
All crows are birds. Therefore, the set of all crows is contained in the set of all birds.
(iii) False
Every square can be a rectangle, but every rectangle cannot be a square.
(iv) True
Every real number can be written in the (a + bi) form. Thus, we can say that the
set of all real numbers is contained in the set of all complex numbers.
(v) False
P = {a}
B = {{a}} = {P}
P{P}
(vi) True
We have:
A =
{x:x is a letter of the word LITTLE} = {L, I, T, E}
B = {x:x is a letter of the word TITLE} = {T, I, L, E}
Sets A & B are equal because every element of A is a member of B & every element of B is a member of A.

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Question 5:

Which of the following statements are correct?
Write a correct form of each of the incorrect statements.
(i) aa, b, c
(ii) aa, b, c
(iii) a{a, b}
(iv) aa, b 
(v) b, ca,b, c
(vi) a, ba, b, c
(vii) ϕa, b
(viii) ϕa, b, c
(ix) x:x+3=3=ϕ

Answer:

Here, (viii) is correct.

The correct forms of each of the incorrect statements are:
(i) aa, b, c
(ii) aa, b, c
(iii) {a}{a, b}
(iv) {a}a, b 
(v) b, ca,b, c
(vi) {a,b}⊄{a,{b,c}}
(vii) ϕa, b
(ix) x:x+3=3ϕ



Page No 1.17:

Question 6:

Let A = {a, b, {c, d}, e}. Which of the following statements are false and why?
(i) c, dA
(ii) c, dA
(iii) c, dA
(iv) aA
(v) aA
(vi) a, b, eA
(vii) a, b, eA
(viii) a, b, cA
(ix) ϕA
(x) ϕA

Answer:

A = {a, b, {c, d}, e}
(i) False
The correct statement would be {c, d}A.
(ii) True
(iii) True
(iv) True
(v) False
The correct statement would be {a}⊂ A or a A.
(vi) True
(vii) False
The correct statement would be a, b, eA.
(viii) False
The correct statement would be {a, b, c} ⊄ A.
(ix) False
A null set is a subset of every set. Therefore, the correct statement would be ϕA.
(x) False
ϕ is an empty set; in other words, this set has no element. It is denoted by ϕ. Therefore, the correct statement would be ϕA.

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Question 7:

Let A = {{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5}, {6, 7, 8}}. Determine which of the following is true or false:
(i) 1A
(ii) 1, 2, 3A
(iii) 6, 7, 8A
(iv) 4, 5A
(v) ϕA
(vi) ϕA

Answer:

(i) False
If it could be 1A , then it would be true .

(ii) False
The correct form would be 1, 2, 3A or {1, 2, 3}A.

(iii) True

(iv) True

(v) False
A null set is a subset of every set. Therefore, the correct form would be ϕ  A.

(vi) True

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Question 8:

Let A=ϕ, ϕ, 1, 1, ϕ, 2. Which of the following are true?
(i) ϕA
(ii) ϕA
(iii) 1A
(iv) 2, ϕA
(v) 2A
(vi) 2 1A
(vii) 2, 1A
(viii) ϕ, ϕ, 1, ϕA
(ix) ϕA

Answer:

(i) True
(ii) True
(iii) False
The correct form would be 1A.
(iv) True
(v) False
The correct form would be 1A.
(vi) True
(vii) True
(viii) True
(ix) True

Page No 1.17:

Question 9:

Write down all possible subsets of each of the following sets:
(i) {a},
(ii) {0, 1},
(iii) {a, b, c},
(iv) {1, {1}},
(v) ϕ.

Answer:

(i) ϕ ,{a}(ii) ϕ,{0},{1},{0,1}(iii)  ϕ,{a},{b},{c},{a,b},{b,c},{a,c},{a,b,c}(iv) ϕ,{1},{{1}},{1,{1}}(v) ϕ,{ϕ}

Page No 1.17:

Question 10:

Write down all possible proper subsets each of the following sets:
(i) {1, 2},
(ii) {1, 2, 3}
(iii) {1}.

Answer:

(i) {1}, {2}
(ii) {1}, {2}, {3}, {1, 2}, {2, 3}, {1, 3}
(iii) No proper subsets are there in this set.

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Question 11:

What is the total number of proper subsets of a set consisting of n elements?

Answer:

We know that the total number of subsets of a finite set consisting of n elements is 2n.
Therefore, the total number of proper subsets of a set consisting of n elements is 2n-1.

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Question 12:

If A is any set, prove that: AϕA=ϕ.

Answer:

To prove: AϕA=ϕ
Proof:
Let:
Aϕ
If A is a subset of an empty set, then A is the empty set.
A=ϕ

Now, let A=ϕ.
This means that A is an empty set.
We know that every set is a subset of itself.
Aϕ
Thus, we have:
AϕA=ϕ

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Question 13:

Prove that: AB, B C and C A  A=C.

Answer:

Let xAxB                 ABxC                 BCxA xCAC         ...1It is given tha,CA             ...(2)From 1 and 2, we haveA=C

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Question 14:

How many elements has P A, if A=ϕ?

Answer:

Given : A=ϕ This means P(A) ={ϕ}.Hence, P(A) would have one element.

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Question 15:

What universal set (s) would you propose for each of the following:
(i) The set of right triangles.
(ii) The set of isosceles triangles.

Answer:

(i) The set of all triangles in a plane
(ii) The set of all triangles in a plane

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Question 16:

If X=8n-7n-1:nN and Y=49n-1:nN, then prove that XY.

Answer:

Given:
X=8n-7n-1:nN and Y=49n-1:nN

To prove:
XY
Let: xn=8n-7n-1, nN x1=8-7-1=0For any n2, we have: xn=8n-7n-1=(1+7)n -7n-1xn=C0n+C1n.7+C2n.72+C3n.73+...+Cnn.7n-7n-1xn=1+7n+C2n.72+C3n.73+...+7n-7n-1        [ C0n=1 and C1n=n]xn=72{C2n+C3n.7+C4n72+...+Cnn.7n-2}xn=49{C2n+C3n.7+C4n72+...+Cnn.7n-2}Thus, xn is some positive integral multiple of 49 for all n2. X consists of all those positive integral multiples of 49 that are of the form 49{C2n+C3n.7+C4n72+...+Cnn.7n-2} along with zero.Y={49(n-1):nN} implies that it consists of all integral multiples of 49 along with zero. XY



Page No 1.2:

Question 1:

What is the difference between a collection and a set? Give reasons to support your answer?

Answer:

Well-defined collections are sets.
Example:
The collection of good teachers in a school is not a set, It is a collection.
Thus, we can say that every set is a collection, but every collection is not necessarily a set.
The collection of vowels in English alphabets is a set.

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Question 2:

Which of the following collections are sets? Justify your answer:
(i) A collection of all natural numbers less than 50.
(ii) The collection of good hockey players in India.
(iii) The collection of all girls in your class.
(iv) The collection of most talented writers of India.
(v) The collection of difficult topics in mathematics.
(vi) The collection of all months of a year beginning with the letter J.
(Vii) A collection of novels written by Munshi Prem Chand.
(Viii) The collection of all question in this chapter.
(ix) A collection of most dangerous animals of the world.
(x) The collection of prime integers.

Answer:

(i) The collection of all natural numbers less than 50 is a set because it is well defined.
(ii) The collection of good hockey players is not a set because the goodness of a hockey player is not defined here. So, it is not a set.
(iii) The collection of all girls in a class is a set, as it is well defined that all girls of the class are being talked about.
(iv) The collection of the most talented writers of India is a set because it is well defined.
(v) The collection of difficult topics in mathematics is not a set because a topic can be easy for one student while difficult for the other student.
(vi) The collection of all months of a year beginning with the letter J is a set given by {January, June, July}
(vii) A collection of novels written by Munshi Prem Chand is a set because one can determine whether the novel is written by Munshi Prem Chand or not.
(Viii) The collection of all question in this chapter is a set because one can easily check whether it is a question of the chapter or not.
(ix) A collection of most dangerous animals of the world is not a set because we cannot decide whether the animal is dangerous or not.
(x) The collection of prime integers is set given by {2, 3, 5........}

Page No 1.2:

Question 3:

If A = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10], then insert the appropriate symbol ∈ or ∉ in each of the following blanks spaces:
(i) 4 ...... A
(ii) −4 ...... A
(iii) 12 ...... A
(iv) 9 ...... A
(v) 0 ...... A
(vi) −2 ...... A

Answer:

(i) 4A
(ii) −4A
(iii) 12A
(iv) 9A
(v) 0A
(vi) −2A



Page No 1.21:

Question 1:

If A and B are two sets such that AB, then find:
(i) AB
(ii) AB

Answer:

From the Venn diagrams given below, we can clearly say that if A and B are two sets such that AB, then

(i) Form the given Venn diagram, we can see that  AB = A


(ii) Form the given Venn diagram, we can see that  AB = B

Page No 1.21:

Question 2:

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) AB
(ii) AC
(iii) BC
(iv) BD
(v) ABC
(vi) ABD
(vii) BCD
(viii) ABC
(ix) ABBC
(x) ADBC.

Answer:

Given:
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}
(i) AB = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}
(ii) AC = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11}
(iii) BC = {4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11}
(iv) BD = {4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14}
(v) ABC = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11}
(vi) ABD = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14}
(vii) BCD = {4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14}
(viii) ABC = {4, 5}
(ix) ABBC = ϕ
(x) ADBC = {4, 5, 10, 11}

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Question 3:

Let A=x:xN, B=x:x-2n, nN, C=x:x=2n-1, nN and D = {x : x is a prime natural number}. Find:
(i) AB
(ii) AC
(iii) AD
(iv) BC
(v) BD
(vi) CD

Answer:

A=x:xN={1,2,3,...}B=x:x-2n, nN={2,4,6,8,...} C=x:x=2n-1, nN={1,3,5,7,...}
D = {x:x is a prime natural number.} = {2, 3, 5, 7,...}
(i) AB = B
(ii) AC = C
(iii) AD = D
(iv) BC = ϕ
(v) BD = {2}
(vi) CD = D-{2}

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Question 4:

Let A = {3, 6, 12, 15, 18, 21}, B = {4, 8, 12, 16, 20}, C = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16} and D = {5, 10, 15, 20}. Find:
(i) A-B
(ii) A-C
(iii) A-D
(iv) B-A
(v) C-A
(vi) D-A
(vii) B-C
(viii) B-D

Answer:

Given:
A = {3, 6, 12, 15, 18, 21}, B = {4, 8, 12, 16, 20}, C = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16} and D = {5, 10, 15, 20}
(i) A-B  = {3, 6, 15, 18, 21}
(ii) A-C = {3, 15, 18, 21}
(iii) A-D = {3, 6, 12, 18, 21}
(iv) B-A = {4, 8, 16, 20}
(v) C-A = {2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16}
(vi) D-A = {5, 10, 20}
(vii) B-C = {20}
(viii) B-D = {4, 8, 12, 16}

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Question 5:

Let U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A = {1, 2, 3, 4}, = {2, 4, 6, 8} and C = {3, 4, 5, 6}. Find
(i) A'
(ii) B'
(iii) AC'
(iv) AB'
(v) A''
(vi) B-C'

Answer:

Given:
U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A = {1, 2, 3, 4}, B= {2, 4, 6, 8} and C = {3, 4, 5, 6}
(i) A' = {5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
(ii) B' = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}
(iii) AC' = {1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
(iv) AB' = {5, 7, 9}
(v) A'' = {1, 2, 3, 4} = A
(vi) B-C' = {1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9}

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Question 6:

Let U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A = {2, 4, 6, 8} and B = {2, 3, 5, 7}. Verify that
(i) AB'=A'B'
(ii) AB'=A'B'.

Answer:

Given:
U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A = {2, 4, 6, 8} and B = {2, 3, 5, 7}
We have to verify:

(i) AB'=A'B'
LHS
AB ={2,3,4,5,6,7,8}AB '={1,9}

RHS
A'={1,3,5,7,9}B'={1,4,6,8,9}A'B'={1,9}

LHS = RHS
Hence proved.

(ii) AB'=A'B'
LHS
AB={2}AB'={1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}

RHS
A'={1,3,5,7,9}B'={1,4,6,8,9}A'B'={1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}

LHS = RHS
Hence proved.



Page No 1.27:

Question 1:

Find the smallest set A such that A1, 2=1, 2, 3, 5, 9.

Answer:

We have to find the smallest set A such that A1, 2=1, 2, 3, 5, 9.

The union of the two sets A & B is the set of all those elements that belong to A or to B or to both A & B.

Thus, A must be {3, 5, 9}.

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Question 2:

Let A = {1, 2, 4, 5} B = {2, 3, 5, 6} C = {4, 5, 6, 7}. Verify the following identities:
(i) ABC=ABAC
(ii) ABC=ABAC
(iii) AB-C=AB-AC
(iv) A-BC=AA-BA-C
(v) A-BC=A-BA-C
(vi) ABC=ABAC.

Answer:

Given:
A = {1, 2, 4, 5}, B = {2, 3, 5, 6} and C = {4, 5, 6, 7}
We have to verify the following identities:
(i) ABC=ABAC

LHS
(BC)={5,6}A(BC)={1,2,4,5,6}

RHS
AB={1,2,3,4,5,6}AC={1,2,4,5,6,7}ABAC={1,2,4,5,6}

LHS = RHS
∴ ABC=ABAC

(ii) ABC=ABAC

LHS
(BC)={2,3,4,5,6,7}A(BC)={2,4,5}

RHS
AB={2,5}AC={4,5}ABAC={2,4,5}

LHS = RHS
ABC=ABAC

 (iii) AB-C=AB-AC
 
LHS
(B-C) ={2,3}A(B-C)={2}

RHS
(AB)={2,5}(AC)={4,5}(AB)-(AC)={2}

LHS = RHS
AB-C=AB-AC

 (iv) A-BC=A-BA-C

LHS
(BC)={2,3,4,5,6,7}A-(BC)={1}

RHS
(A-B)={1,4}(A-C)={1,2}(A-B)(A-C)={1}

LHS = RHS
∴ A-BC=A-BA-C

(v) A-BC=A-BA-C

LHS
(BC)={5,6}A-(BC)={1,2,4}

RHS
(A-B)={1,4}(A-C)={1,2}(A-B)(A-C)={1,2,4}

LHS = RHS
A-BC=A-BA-C


(vi) ABC=ABAC

LHS
(BC)=(B-C)(C-B)(B-C)={2,3}(C-B)={4,7}(B-C)(C-B)={2,3,4,7}(BC)={2,3,4,7}A(BC)={2,4}

RHS
(AB)={2,5}(AC)={4,5}(AB)(AC)={(AB)-(AC)}{(AC)-(AB)}(AB)-(AC)={2}(AC)-(AB)={4}{(AB)-(AC)}{(AC)-(AB)}={2,4}(AB)(AC)={2,4} 

LHS = RHS
∴ ABC=ABAC

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Question 3:

If U = {2, 3, 5, 7, 9} is the universal set and A = {3, 7}, B = {2, 5, 7, 9}, then prove that:
(i) AB'=A'B'
(ii) AB'=A'B'.

Answer:

Given:
U = {2, 3, 5, 7, 9}
A = {3, 7}
B = {2, 5, 7, 9}

To prove :
(i) AB'=A'B'
(ii) AB'=A'B'

Proof :

(i) LHS:
(AB)={2,3,5,7,9}(AB)'=ϕ

RHS:
A'={2,5,9}B'={3}A'B'=ϕLHS=RHS 

AB'=A'B'

(ii) LHS:
(AB)={7}(AB)'={2,3,5,9}

RHS:
A'={2,5,9}B'={3}A'B'={2,3,5,9}

LHS = RHS

AB'=A'B'

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Question 4:

For any two sets A and B, prove that

(i) B ⊂ A ∪ B                          (ii) A ∩ A                          (iii) AA ∩ B = A

Answer:

(i) For all xB

xA or xB

xA ∪ B            (Definition of union of sets)

B ⊂ A ∪ B

(ii) For all A ∩ B

xA and x ∈ B              (Definition of intersection of sets)

xA

⇒ A ∩ A

(iii) Let AB. We need to prove A ∩ B = A.

For all xA

xA and x ∈ B          (AB)

xA ∩ B 

AA ∩ B    
  
Also, AA

Thus, AA ∩ B and AA

A ∩ B = A         [Proved in (ii)]

∴ AA ∩ B = A

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Question 5:

For any two sets A and B, show that the following statements are equivalent:
(i) AB
(ii) A-B=ϕ
(iii) AB=B
(iv) AB=A.

Answer:

We have that the following statements are equivalent:
(i) AB
(ii) A-B=ϕ
(iii) AB=B
(iv) AB=A

Proof:
Let ABLet x be an arbitary element of (A-B). Now,x(A-B)xA & xB          (Which is contradictory) Also,ABA-Bϕ                 ...(1) We know that null sets are the subsets of every set.ϕ  A-B     ...(2)From (1) & (2), we get,(A-B)=ϕ(i)=(ii)Now, we have,(A-B)=ϕThat means that there is no element in A that does not belong to B.Now, AB=B(ii)=(iii) We have,AB=BABAB=A(iii)=(iv)We have, AB=AIt should be possible if AB.Now,AB (iv)=(i)We have,(i)=(ii)=(iii)=(iv) Therefore, we can say that all statements are equivalent.

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Question 6:

For three sets A, B and C, show that
(i) AB=AC need not imply B = C.
(ii) ABC-BC-A

Answer:

(i) Let A = {2, 4, 5, 6},  B = {6, 7, 8, 9} and C = {6, 10, 11, 12,13}

So, AB=6 and AC=6Hence, AB=AC but BC

(ii)

Let zC-B      ...(1)zC and zBzC and zA       ABzC-A        ...(2)From (1) and (2), we getC-BC-A

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Question 7:

For any two sets, prove that:
(i) AAB=A
(ii) AAB=A

Answer:

(i)

LHS = AABLHS=AAAB     LHS=AAB                AABLHS=A = RHS

(ii)

LHS=AABLHS=AAAB     LHS=AAB LHS=A = RHS

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Question 8:

Find sets A, B and C such that AB, AC and BC are non-empty sets and ABC=ϕ.

Answer:

Let us consider the following sets,

A = {5, 6, 10 }
B = {6,8,9}
C = {9,10,11}

Clearly, AB=6BC=9, AC=10 and ABC = ϕIt means that, AB,BC and AC are non empty setsand ABC = ϕ

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Question 9:

For any two sets A and B, prove that: AB=ϕAB'.

Answer:

Let aAaB          AB=ϕ.

aB'

Thus, aA and aB'  AB'.

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Question 10:

If A and B are sets, then prove that A-B, AB and B-A are pair wise disjoint.

Answer:

i  A-B and  ABLet aA-BaA and aBaABHence, A-B and  AB are disjoint sets.ii  B-A and  ABLet aB-AaB and aAaABHence, B-A and  AB are disjoint sets.iii  A-B and B-A A-B=x:xA and xB B-A=x:xB and xAHence,  A-B and  B-A are disjoint sets.

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Question 11:

Using properties of sets, show that for any two sets A and B,
ABAB'=A

Answer:

LHS=ABAB'LHS=ABAABB'LHS=ABAABB'LHS=AABB'LHS=AAB'BB'      BB=ϕLHS=AAB'LHS=A=RHS

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Question 12:

For any two sets of A and B, prove that:
(i) A'B=UAB
(ii) B'A'AB

Answer:

i Let aA.aUaA'B       U=A'BaB       aA'Hence, AB.

ii Let aA.aA'aB'     B'A'aBHence, AB.

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Question 13:

Is it true that for any sets A and B, P AP B=P AB? Justify your answer.

Answer:

False.Let XPAPB XPA or  XPBXA or XBXABXPAB PAPB PAB     ...1Again, let XPABBut XPA or xPB       For example let A=2,5 and B=1,3,4 and take X=1,2,3,4So, XPAPBThus, PAB is not necessarily a subset of PAPB.

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Question 14:

Show that for any sets A and B,
(i) A = (AB) ∪ (AB)
(ii) A ∪ (BA) = (AB)

Answer:

Ans

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Question 15:

Each set X, contains 5 elements and each set Y, contains 2 elements and r=120Xr=S=r=1nYr. If each element of S belong to exactly 10 of the Xr's and to eactly 4 of Yr's, then find the value of n.

Answer:

It is given that each set X contains 5 elements and r=120Xr=S.

nS=20×5=100

But, it is given that each element of S belong to exactly 10 of the Xr's.

∴ Number of distinct elements in S = 10010=10           .....(1)

It is also given that each set Y contains 2 elements and r=1nYr=S.

nS=n×2=2n

Also, each element of S belong to eactly 4 of Yr's.

∴ Number of distinct elements in S = 2n4                  .....(2)

From (1) and (2), we have

2n4=10n=20

Hence, the value of n is 20.



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Question 1:

For any two sets A and B, prove that : A'-B'=B-A

Answer:

LHS=A'-B'=A'B''              C-D=CD'=A'B=BA'=B-A                    CD'=C-DRHS=B-A

So, LHS = RHS

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Question 2:

For any two sets A and B, prove the following:
(i) AA'B=AB
(ii) A-A-B=AB
(iii) AAB'=ϕ
(iv) A-B=A ΔAB.

Answer:

(i)
LHS=AA'B        =AA'AB        =ϕAB        =AB=RHS
Hence proved.

(ii)
LHS=A-A-B        =A-AB'        =AAB''        =AA'B''        =AA'B        =AA'AB        =AB        =AB=RHS
Hence proved.

(iii)
LHS=AAB'        =AA'B'        =AA'AB'        =ϕAB'           =ϕ=RHS                   ϕA=ϕ
Hence proved.

(iv)
LHS=A ΔAB        =A-ABAB-A        =AAB'ABA'        =AA'B'ABA'        =AA'AB'AA'BA'        =ϕAB'ϕBA'        =AB'ϕ        =AB'        =A-B=RHS     .

Hence proved.

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Question 3:

If A, B, C are three sets such that AB, then prove that
C-BC-A.

Answer:

Let aC-BaC and aBaC and aA   AB    aC-A       Hence, C-BC-A 



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Question 4:

For any two sets A and B, prove that

(i) AB-B=A-B
(ii) A-AB=A-B
(iii) A-A-B=AB
(iv) AB-A=AB                                  [NCERT EXEMPLAR]
(v) A-BAB=A                                 [NCERT EXEMPLAR]

Answer:

(i)
AB-B=ABB'                                          X-Y=XY'                   =AB'BB'                                Distributive law                   =AB'ϕ                   =AB'                   =A-B

(ii)
A-AB=AAB'                                  X-Y=XY'                   =AA'B'                                 De Morgan law                   =AA'AB'                   =ϕAB'                   =AB'                   =A-B

(iii)
A-A-B=A-AB'                            X-Y=XY'                   =AAB''                   =AA'B''                       De Morgan law                   =AA'B                   =AA'AB                    Distributive law                   =ϕAB                   =AB

(iv)
AB-A=ABA'                         X-Y=XY'                   =ABAA'                 Distributive law                   =AB                     is the universal set                    =AB

(v)
A-BAB=AB'AB           X-Y=XY'                            =AB'B                     Distributive law                            =A                            =A



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Question 1:

If A and B are two sets such that n AB=50, n A=28 and n B=32, find n AB.

Answer:

We know:
 n(AB)=n(A)+n(B)-n(AB)50=28+32-n(AB)n(AB)=60-50=10

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Question 2:

If P and Q are two sets such that P has 40 elements, PQ has 60 elements and PQ has 10 elements, how many elements does Q have?

Answer:

Given:nP=40nPQ=60nPQ=10To find:nQWe know:nPQ=nP+nQ-nPQ60=40+nQ-10nQ=30

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Question 3:

In a school there are 20 teachers who teach mathematics or physics. Of these, 12 teach mathematics and 4 teach physics and mathematics. How many teach physics?

Answer:

Let A be the number of teachers who teach mathematics & B be the number of teachers who teach physics.

Given:nA=12nAB=20nAB=4To find:nBWe know:nAB=nA+nB-nAB20=12+nB-4nB=20-8=12Therefore, 12 teachers teach physics.

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Question 4:

In a group of 70 people, 37 like coffee, 52 like tea and each person likes at least one of the two drinks. How many like both coffee and tea?

Answer:

Let A denote the set of the people who like tea & B denote the set of the people who like coffee.

Given:n(AB)=70n(A)=52n(B)=37To find:n(AB)We know: n(AB)=n(A)+n(B)-n(AB)70=52+37-n(AB)n(AB)=19Therefore, 19 people like both tea & coffee.



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Question 5:

Let A and B be two sets such that : n A=20, n AB=42 and n AB=4. Find
(i) nB
(ii) n A-B
(iii) n B-A

Answer:

Given:
n A=20, n AB=42 and n AB=4

(i) We know:n(AB)=n(A)+n(B)-n(AB)42=20+n(B)-4n(B)=26(ii) n(A-B)=n(A)-n(AB)n(A-B)=20-4=16(iii) We know that sets follow the commutative property. n(AB)=n(BA)n(B-A)=n(B)-n(BA)n(B-A)=26-4=22

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Question 6:

A survey shows that 76% of the Indians like oranges, whereas 62% like bananas. What percentage of the Indians like both oranges and bananas?

Answer:

Let A & B denote the sets of the Indians who like oranges & bananas, respectively.

Given:nA =76%nB=62%nAB=100%nAB=? We know:nAB=nA+nB-nAB100=76+62-nABnAB=38Therefore, 38% of the Indians like both oranges & bananas.

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Question 7:

In a group of 950 persons, 750 can speak Hindi and 460 can speak English. Find:
(i) how many can speak both Hindi and English:
(ii) how many can speak Hindi only;
(iii) how many can speak English only.

Answer:

Let A & B denote the sets of the persons who like Hindi & English, respectively.
Given:nA =750nB =460nAB=950(i) We know:nAB=nA+nB-nAB950=750+460-nABnAB=260Thus, 260 persons can speak both Hindi and English.(ii) nA-B=nA-nABnA-B=750-260=490Thus, 490 persons can speak only Hindi.(iii) nB-A=nB-nAB nB-A=460-260                    =200Thus, 200 persons can speak only English.

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Question 8:

In a group of 50 persons, 14 drink tea but not coffee and 30 drink tea. Find:
(i) how may drink tea and coffee both;
(ii) how many drink coffee but not tea.

Answer:

Let A & B denote the sets of the persons who drink tea & coffee, respectively .
Given:nAB=50nA=30nA-B=14(i) nA-B=nA-nAB14=30-nABnAB=16Thus, 16 persons drink tea and coffee both.(ii) nAB=nA+nB-nAB50=30+nB-16nB=36We have to find nB-AnB-A=nB-nABnB-A=36-16=20Thus, 20 persons drink coffee but not tea.

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Question 9:

In a survey of 60 people, it was found that 25 people read newspaper H, 26 read newspaper T, 26 read newspaper I, 9 read both H and I, 11 read both H and T, 8 read both T and I, 3 read all three newspapers. Find:
(i) the numbers of people who read at least one of the newspapers.
(ii) the number of people who read exactly one newspaper.

Answer:

Given:nH=25nT=26nI=26nHI=9nHT=11nTI=8nHTI=3(i) We know: nHTI=nH+nT+nI-nHT-nTI-nHI+nHTI nHTI=25+26+26-11-8-9+3=52Thus, 52 people can read at least one of the newspapers.(ii) Now, we have to calculate the number of people who read exactly one newspaper.We have:nH+nT+nI-2nHT-2nTI-2nHI+3nHTI=25+26+26-22-16-18+9=30Thus, 30 people can read exactly one newspaper.

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Question 10:

Of the members of three athletic teams in a certain school, 21 are in the basketball team, 26 in hockey team and 29 in the football team, 14 play hockey and basket ball 15 play hockey and football, 12 play football and basketball and 8 play all the three games. How many members are there in all?

Answer:

Let A, B & C be the sets of members in basketball team, hockey team & football team, respectively.
Given:nA=21nB=26nC=29nAB=14nBC=15nAC=12n(ABC)=8We know:nABC=nA+nB+nC-nAB-nBC-nAC+nABCnABC=21+26+29-14-15-12+8=43

Therefore, there are 43 members in all teams.

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Question 11:

In a group of 1000 people, there are 750 who can speak Hindi and 400 who can speak Bengali. How many can speak Hindi only? How many can speak Bengali? How many can speak both Hindi and Bengali?

Answer:

Let A & B denote the sets of the persons who can speak Hindi & Bengali, respectively.
Given:nAB=1000nA=750nB=400nAB=nA+nB-nAB1000=750+400-nABnAB=150Number of persons who can speak both Hindi and Bengali=nAB=150 Number of persons who can speak only Hindi =nA-B=nA-nAB                                                                                                     =750-150                                                                                                     =600Number of persons who can speak only Bengali=nB-A=nB-nAB                                                                                                        =400-150                                                                                                        =250                                                                                                

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Question 12:

A survey of 500 television viewers produced the following information; 285 watch football, 195 watch hockey, 115 watch basketball, 45 watch football and basketball, 70 watch football and hockey, 50 watch hockey and basketball, 50 do not watch any of the three games. How many watch all the three games? How many watch exactly one of the three games?

Answer:

Let F, H B denote the sets of students who watch football, hockey and basketball, respectively.
Also, let U be the universal set.
We have:
n(F) = 285, n(H) = 195, n(B) = 115, n(FB) = 45, n(FH) = 70 and n(HB) = 50
Also, we know:
n(F'H'B') = 50
n(FHB)'= 50
n(U) - n(FHB) = 50
500 -n(FHB) = 50
n(FHB) = 450


Number of students who watch all three games = n(FHB)
n(FHB) -n(F) -n(H) -n(B) + n(FB) + n(FH) + n(HB)
450 - 285 - 195 - 115 + 45 + 70 + 50
20

Number of students who watch exactly one of the three games
= n(F) + n(H) + n(B) - 2{n(FB) + n(FH) + n(HB)} + 3{n(FHB)}
= 285 + 195 + 115 - 2(45 + 70 + 50) + 3(20)
= 325

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Question 13:

In a survey of 100 persons it was found that 28 read magazine A, 30 read magazine B, 42 read magazine C, 8 read magazines A and B, 10 read magazines A and C, 5 read magazines B and C and 3 read all the three magazines. Find:
(i) How many read none of three magazines?
(ii) How many read magazine C only?

Answer:

Let A, B C be the sets of the persons who read magazines A, B and C, respectively. Also, let U denote the universal set.
We have: n(U)  = 100
n(A) = 28, n(B) = 30, n(C) = 42, n(AB) = 8, n(AC) = 10, n(BC) = 5 and n(ABC) = 3
Now,
Number of persons who read none of the three magazines = n(A'B'C')
= n(ABC)'
= n(U) -n(ABC)
= n(U) - {n(A) + n(B) + n(C) -n(AB) -n(AC) -n(BC) + n(ABC)}
= 100 - (28 + 30 + 42 -- 10 - 5 + 3)
= 20

Number of students who read magazine C only = n(CA'B')
= n{C(AB)'}
= n(C) -n{C(AB)}
= n(C) -n{(CA) (CB)}
n(C) -n{(CA) + (CB)-(ABC)}
= 42 - (10 + 5 - 3)
= 30

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Question 14:

In a survey of 100 students, the number of students studying the various languages were found to be : English only 18, English but not Hindi 23, English and Sanskrit 8, English 26, Sanskrit 48, Sanskrit and Hindi 8, no language 24. Find:
(i) How many students were studying Hindi?
(ii) How many students were studying English and Hindi?

Answer:

Let E, H and S be the sets of students who study English, Hindi and Sanskrit, respectively.
Also, let U be the universal set.
Now, we have:
n(E) = 26, n(S) = 48, n(ES) = 8 and n(SH) = 8
Also,
n(EH') = 23
n(E) -n(EH) = 23
26 -n(EH) = 23
n(EH) = 3
Therefore, the number of students studying English and Hindi is 3

n(EH'S') = 18
n(E) -n{E(HS)'} = 18
26 -n{(EH)(ES)}= 18
26 - {3 + 8 -n(EHS)} = 18
n(EHS) = 3

Also,
n(E'H'S') = 24
n(U) -n(EHS) = 24
n(EHS) = 76

∴ Number of students studying Hindi = n(EHS) -n(E) -n(S) + n(EH) + n(ES) + n(SH) -n(EHS)
= 76 - 24 - 48 + 3 + 8 + 8 - 3
= 18

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Question 15:

In a survey it was found that 21 persons liked product P1, 26 liked product P2 and 29 liked product P3. If 14 persons liked products P1 and P2; 12 persons liked product P3 and P1 ; 14 persons liked products P2 and P3 and 8 liked all the three products. Find how many liked product P3 only.

Answer:

Let P1, P2 and P3 denote the sets of persons liking products P1, P2 and P3, respectively.
Also, let U be the universal set.
Thus, we have:
n(P1) = 21, n(P2) = 26 and n(P3) = 29
And,
n(P1P2) = 14, n(P1P3) = 12, n(P2P3) = 14 and n(P1P2P3) = 8

Now,
Number of people who like only product P3:
nP3P1'P2'= nP3P1P2'=n P3 - nP3P1P2=nP3 - nP3P1P3P2=nP3 - nP3P1+nP3P2-nP1P2P3=29 - 12+14-8=11

Therefore, the number of people who like only product P3 is 11



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Question 1:

For any set A, (A')' is equal to
(a) A'
(b) A
(c) Ï•
(d) none of these.

Answer:

(b) A

The complement of the complement of a set is the set itself.

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Question 2:

Let A and B be two sets in the same universal set. Then, A-B=
(a) AB
(b) A'B
(c) AB'
(d) none of these.

Answer:

(c) AB'
A-B belongs to those elements of A that do not belong to B.
 A-B = AB'

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Question 3:

The number of subsets of a set containing n elements is
(a) n
(b) 2n − 1
(c) n2
(d) 2n

Answer:

(d) 2n

The total number of subsets of a finite set consisting of n elements is 2n.

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Question 4:

For any two sets A and B, AAB=
(a) A
(b) B
(c) Ï•
(d) none of these.

Answer:

(a) A

A(AB)= (AA)(AB)=A(AB)=A

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Question 5:

If A = {1, 3, 5, B} and B = {2, 4}, then
(a) 4  A
(b) 4  A
(c) B  A
(d) none of these.

Answer:

(d) none of these

4A
{4} ⊄ A
B A
Thus, we can say that none of these options satisfy the given relation.

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Question 6:

The symmetric difference of A and B is
(a) A-BB-A
(b) A-BB-A
(c) AB-AB
(d) AB-AAB-B

Answer:

(b) A-BB-A
The symmetric difference of A  and B is given by :-
(A-B)(B-A)

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Question 7:

The symmetric difference of A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {3, 4, 5} is
(a) {1, 2}
(b) {1, 2, 4, 5}
(c) {4, 3}
(d) {2, 5, 1, 4, 3}

Answer:

(b) {1, 2, 4, 5}
Here,
A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {3, 4, 5}
The symmetric difference of A  and B is given by :-
(A-B)(B-A)
Now, we have:
(A-B)={1,2}(B-A)={4,5}(A-B)(B-A)={1,2,4,5}

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Question 8:

For any two sets A and B, A-BB-A=
(a) A-BA
(b) B-AB
(c) AB-AB
(d) ABAB.

Answer:

(c) AB-AB

A-BB-A = AB'BA'=ABA'B'BA'                        Using distribution law=ABAA'B'BB'A'    Using distribution law=ABUUB'A'                    AA'=U=B'B                    =ABB'A'                                            ABU=AB and UB'A'=B'A'       =AB AB'                                          AB'=B'A'=AB AB-AB=AB-AB

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Question 9:

Which of the following statements is false:
(a) A-B=AB'
(b) A-B=A-AB
(c) A-B=A-B'
(d) A-B=AB-B.

Answer:

(c) A-B=A-B'
It includes all those elements of A which do not belongs to complement of B which is equal to AB but not equal to
A-B .
Therefore, (c) is false .

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Question 10:

For any three sets A, B and C
(a) AB-C=AB-AC
(b) AB-C=AB-C
(c) AB-C=ABAC'
(d) AB-C=AB-AC.

Answer:

(a) AB-C=AB-AC

Let x be any arbitrary element of AB-C.
Thus, we have,
xAB-Cx A and x B-C
                     xA and xB and xCxA and xB and xA and xCxAB and xACxAB - ACAB-CAB - ACSimilarly, AB - ACAB-CHence, AB-C=AB - AC



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Question 11:

Let A=x : x  R, x  4 and B = x  R : x < 5. Then, n A'B'=
(a) (4, 5]
(b) (4, 5)
(c) [4, 5)
(d) [4, 5]

Answer:

(c) [4, 5)
A=x : x  R, x  4 and B = x  R : x < 5
AB=[4,5)

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Question 12:

Let U be the universal set containing 700 elements. If A, B are sub-sets of U such that n A=200, n B=300 and AB=100. Then n A'B'=
(a) 400
(b) 600
(c) 300
(d) none of these.

Answer:

(c) 300
n(A'B') = nAB'
               =nU - n(AB)= 700 - 200+300-100= 300

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Question 13:

Let A and B be two sets that n A=16, n B=14, n AB=25. Then, n AB is equal to
(a) 30
(b) 50
(c) 5
(d) none of these

Answer:

We know:
nAB = nA + nB - nAB

Now,
nAB = nA + nB - n(AB)
               = 16 + 14 - 25
               = 5

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Question 14:

If A = |1, 2, 3, 4, 5|, then the number of proper subsets of A is
(a) 120
(b) 30
(c) 31
(d) 32

Answer:

(c) 31
The number of proper subsets of any set is given by the formula 2n-1, where n is the number of elements in the set.
Here,
n = 5
∴ Number of proper subsets of A = 25-1 = 31

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Question 15:

In set-builder method the null set is represented by
(a) { }
(b) Φ
(c) x : x x
(d) x : x = x

Answer:

(c) x:xx

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Question 16:

If A and B are two disjoint sets, then n AB is equal to
(a) n A+nB
(b) n A+nB-nAB
(c) n A+n B+n AB
(d) n A n B
(e) n A-n B

Answer:

(a) n A+nB

Two sets are disjoint if they do not have a common element in them, i.e., AB = .
nAB = nA + nB

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Question 17:

For two sets AB=A iff
(a) BA
(b) AB
(c) AB
(d) A=B

Answer:

(a) BA
The union of two sets is a set of all those elements that belong to A or to B or to both A and B.
If AB = A, then BA.

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Question 18:

If A and B are two sets such that n A=70, n B=60, n AB=110, then n AB is equal to
(a) 240
(b) 50
(c) 40
(d) 20

Answer:

(d) 20
We have:
n(AB) = nA + nB - n(AB)               =70 + 60 - 110               =20

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Question 19:

If A and B are two given sets, then AABc is equal to
(a) A
(b) B
(c) Φ
(d) ABc

Answer:

(d) ABc
A and B are two sets.
AB is the common region in both the sets.
ABc is all the region in the universal set except AB.
Now,
AABc = ABc

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Question 20:

If A = {x : x is a multiple of 3} and , B = {x : x is a multiple of 5}, then AB is
(a) AB
(b) AB
(c) AB
(d) AB

Answer:

(b) AB

A = {x:x is a multiple of 3}
A = 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, ...

B = {x:x is a multiple of 5.}
B = 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, ...

Now, we have:
A-B = 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 21, 24, 27, 33, 36, 39, 42, 48, ...
         = AB

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Question 21:

In a city 20% of the population travels by car, 50% travels by bus and 10% travels by both car and bus. Then, persons travelling by car or bus is
(a) 80%
(b) 40%
(c) 60%
(d) 70%

Answer:

(c) 60%
Suppose C and B represents the population travel by car and Bus respectively.

nCB = nC + nB - nBC                =0.20 + 0.50 - 0.10                =0.6 or 60%

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Question 22:

If AB-B, then
(a) AB
(b) BA
(c) A=Φ
(d) B=Φ

Answer:

(b) BA

Only this case is possible.

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Question 23:

An investigator interviewed 100 students to determine the performance of three drinks: milk, coffee and tea. The investigator reported that 10 students take all three drinks milk, coffee and tea; 20 students take milk and coffee; 25 students take milk and tea; 12 students take milk only; 5 students take coffee only and 8 students take tea only. Then the number of students who did not take any of three drinks is
(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 25
(d) 30

Answer:

Disclaimer: The question in the book has some error, so, none of the options are matching with the solution.
The required information is not available in the question.

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Question 24:

Two finite sets have m and n elements. The number of elements in the power set of first set is 48 more than the total number of elements in power set of the second set. Then, the values of m and n are:
(a) 7, 6
(b) 6, 3
(c) 7, 4
(d) 3, 7

Answer:

(c) 6, 4

ATQ :
2m-1=48+2n-12m-2n = 482m-2n = 26-24By comparing we get:m=6 and n=4



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Question 25:

In a class of 175 students the following data shows the number of students opting one or more subjects. Mathematics 100; Physics 70; Chemistry 40; Mathematics and Physics 30; Mathematics and Chemistry 28; Physics and Chemistry 23; Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 18. How many students have offered Mathematics alone?
(a) 35
(b) 48
(c) 60
(d) 22
(e) 30

Answer:

(c) 60
Let M, P and C denote the sets of students who have opted for mathematics, physics, and chemistry, respectively.
Here,
nM = 100, nP = 70 and n(C) = 40
Now,
nMP = 30, nMC = 28, nPC = 23 and nMPC = 18
Number of students who opted for only mathematics:
nMP'C' = nMPC'                         =nM - nMPC                         =nM - nMPMC                         =nM - nMP+nMC-nMPC                         =100 - 30+28-18                         =60
Therefore, the number of students who opted for mathematics alone is 60

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Question 26:

Suppose A1,A2,...,A30 are thirty sets each having 5 elements and B1,B2,...,Bn are n sets each with 3 elements. Let i=130Ai=j=1nBj=S and each element of S belong to exactly 10 of the Ai's and exactly 9 of the Bj's, then n is equal to

(a) 15                                (b) 3                                 (c) 45                                (d) 35                               

Answer:

It is given that each set Ai 1i30 contains 5 elements and i=130Ai=S.

nS=30×5=150

But, it is given that each element of S belong to exactly 10 of the Ai's.

∴ Number of distinct elements in S = 15010=15           .....(1)

It is also given that each set Bj 1jn contains 3 elements and j=1nBj=S.

nS=n×3=3n

Also, each element of S belong to eactly 9 of Bj's.

∴ Number of distinct elements in S = 3n9                  .....(2)

From (1) and (2), we have

3n9=15n=45

Thus, the value of n is 45.

Hence, the correct answer is option (c).

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Question 27:

Two finite sets have m and n elements. The number of subsets of the first set is 112 more than that of the second. The values of m and n are respectively

(a) 4, 7                                  (b) 7, 4                                  (c) 4, 4                                  (d) 7, 7                                 

Answer:

We know that if a set X contains k elements, then the number of subsets of X are 2k.

It is given that the number of subsets of a set containing m elements is 112 more than the number of subsets of set containing n elements.

2m-2n=1122n2m-n-1=2×2×2×2×72n2m-n-1=2423-1n=4 and m-n=3m-4=3m=7

Thus, the values of m and n are 7 and 4, respectively.

Hence, the correct answer is option (b).

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Question 28:

For any two sets A and B, AAB' is equal to

(a) A                              (b) B                              (c) ϕ                              (d) AB                             

Answer:

AAB'=AA'B'                        De Morgan law=AA'B'=ϕB'=ϕ

Hence, the correct answer is option (c).

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Question 29:

The set (AB′) ∪ (BC) is equal to
(a) A′BC
(b) A′B
(c) A′C′
(d) A′B

Answer:

Ans

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Question 30:

Let F1 be the set of all parallelograms, F2 the set of all rectangles, F3 the set of all rhombuses, F4the set of all squares and F5 the set of trapeziums in a plane. Then F1 may be equal to

(a) F2F3                        (b) F3F4                        (c) F2F3                       (d) F2F3F4F1                  

Answer:

We know that every rectangle, rhombus and square in a plane is a parallelogram but every trapezium is not a parallelogram.

So, F1 is either of F1 or F2 or F3 or F4.

F1=F1F2F3F4

Hence, the correct answer is option (d).

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Question 31:

If X  = {8n – 7n – 1 : nN} and Y = {49n – 49 : nN}. Then,
(a) XY
(b) YX
(c) X = Y
(d) XY = Ï•

Answer:

X=8n-7n-1, nNY=49n-49; nNSince 8n-7n-1=1+7n-7n-1                              =1+7n+nC272+nC373+....+7n-7n-1                              =1+7n+nC249+nC373+ .... +7n-7n-1                              =72nC2+nC37+ .... +7n-2                              =49nC2+nC37+ ...+7n-2i.e. 8n-7n-1 is a multiple of 49i.e. XYHere X=0, 49, 490, 4067, ....         Y=0, 49, 98, .....YX since 98 x XY

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

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Question 32:

A survey shows that 63% of the people watch a News channel whereas 76% watch another channel. If x % of the people watch both channel, then
(a) x = 35
(b) x = 63
(c) 39 ≤ x ≤ 63
(d) x = 39

Answer:

Let A denote the percentage of people watching a news channel
Let B denote the percentage of people watching other channel
i.e
n(A) = 63
n(B) = 76
Let n(A∩B) = x
then n(A⋃B) = n(A) + n(B) – n(A∩B) = 63 + 76 – x
n(A⋃B) = 139 – x
i.e x = 139 – n (A⋃B)
Since n(A⋃B) ≤ 100
i.e. 139 – n(A⋃B) ≥ 139 – 100 = 39
i.e. x ≥ 39.
also, n(A∩B) ≤ n(A) and n(A∩B) ≤ n(B)
n(A∩B) ≤ 63
⇒ 39 ≤ n(A∩B) = x ≤ 63

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

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Question 33:

If sets A and B are defined as A=x, y : y=1x, 0xR, B=x, y : y=-x, xR, then
(a) AB = A
(b) AB = B
(c) AB = Ï•
(d) AB = A

Answer:

A=x, y : y=1x ; 0xRB=x, y : y=-x ; xRthen x, yABi.e x, yA and x, yBi.e y=1x and y=-xi.e 1x=-x ;    x0Ri.e 1=-x2 ;     x0Ri.e x2+1=0 ;  x0R
No such real x exist such that x2 + 1 = 0
AB = Ï•
Hence, the correct answer is option C.

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Question 34:

Each set Xr contains 5 elements and each set Yr contains 2 elements and r=120 Xr=S=r=1n Yr. If each element of S belongs to exactly 10 of the Xr's and to exactly 4 of the Yr's, then n is
(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 100
(d) 50

Answer:

Let us suppose
Each xr contains 5 elements and each yr contains 2 elements such that r=120 Xr=S=r=1n Yr
n(S) = 20 × 5             (∵ each xr has 5 elements)
    n(S) = 100

It is given that each element of 5 belong to exactly 10 of the xr's.
∴ Number of distinct elements in S=10010=10
Since each yr has 2 elements and r=1u Yr=S
n(S) = n × 2 = 2n
And each element of S belong to exactly 4 of yr's
⇒ number of distinct elements in S=2n4           2
from (1) and (2)
10=2n4i.e n=20

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

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Question 35:

Two finite sets have m and n elements respectively. The total number of subsets of first set is 56 more than the total number of subsets of the second set. The value of m and n is respectively are:
(a) 7, 6
(b) 5, 1
(c) 6, 3
(d) 8, 7

Answer:

Let us suppose two finite sets are A and B
Let A has m elements
Let B has n elements
Then total number of subjects of A is 2m and total number of subjects of B is 2n.
According to given condition,
2m – 2n = 56
i.e 2n (2m – n – 1) = 56
Since 56 = 8 × 7

     = 23 × 7
i.e. 2n (2m – n – 1) = 23 × 7
i.e n = 3 and 2m – n – 1 = 7
i.e 2m – n = 8
2m – n = 23
i.e. m – n = 3
i.e m = n + 3
     m = 6
i.e m = 6, n = 3
Hence, the correct answer is option C.



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Question 36:

The set (ABC) ∩ (AB′C′) ⋃ C′ is equal to
(a) BC′
(b) AC
(c) BC′
(d) AC′

Answer:

(A ⋃ B â‹ƒ C) ∩ (AB′ C′) ⋃C′

Hence (ABC) ∩ (AB′ C′) ⋃ C' = A ∩ C'


Hence , the correct answer is option D.

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Question 37:

If A and B are two sets, then A ∩ (AB) equals
(a) A
(b) B
(c) Ï•
(d) AB

Answer:

A ∩ (A ⋃ B)
= (A A) ⋃ (A B)
= A ⋃ (AB)
A ∩ (A ⋃ B) = A
(since A BA)


Hence, the correct answer is option A.

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Question 38:

Let S = {x : x is a positive multiple of 3 less than 100}, P = {x : x is a prime less than 20}. Then, n(S) + n(P) is
(a) 34
(b) 31
(c) 33
(d) 30

Answer:

Let S = {x : x is a positive multiple of 3 less than 100}
P = {x : x is prime less than 20}
Here S = {3, 6, 9, 12, ........99}
n(S) = 33 and  P = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19} 
n(P) = 8
n(S) + n(P) = 33 + 8 = 41

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Question 39:

In a town of 840 persons, 450 persons read Hindi, 300 read English and 200 both. Then the number of persons who read neither is
(a) 210
(b) 290
(c) 180
(d) 260

Answer:

Total persons in a town is 840
Let H denote set of persons who read Hindi
Let E denote set of persons who read English
Then n(⋃) = 840, n(H) = 450, n(E) = 300
Then n(H⋃E)' = n(⋃) – n(H⋃E)

= n(⋃) – [n(H) + n(E) – n(Hâ‹‚E)]
= 840 – [450 + 300 – 200]
= 840 – 550
n(H⋃E)' = 290
Therefore, the number of persons who read neither is 290.
Hence, the correct answer is option B.

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Question 40:

In a class of 60 students, 25 students play cricket and 20 students play tennis and 10 students play both the games. Then the number of students who play neither is
(a) 0
(b) 25
(c) 35
(d) 45

Answer:

Let ⋃ denote the universal set
Let C denote the set of students playing circket
Let T denote the set of students playing tennis
n(⋃) = 60, n(C) = 25, n(T) = 20
n(Câ‹‚T) = 10
Then n(C⋃T)' = n(⋃) – n(C⋃T)
n(⋃) – [n(C) + n(T) – n(Câ‹‚T)]
= 60 – [25 + 20 – 10]
= 60 – [45 – 10]
= 60 – 35
n(C⋃T)' = 25
Hence, the number of students who play neither crickets nor tennis is 25
Hence, the correct answer is option B.

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Question 41:

Let S = the set of points inside the square, T = the set of points inside the triangle and C = the set of points inside the circle. If the triangle and circle intersect each other and are contained in a square. Then,
(a) ST ∩ C = Ï•
(b) STC = C
(c) STC = S
(d) ST = SC

Answer:

Let S = the set of points inside the square
T = the set of points inside the triangle
C = the set of points inside circle
Given triangle and circle intersect each other and are contained in a square
i.e T and C are in square

S ⋃ T â‹ƒ C = S
Hence, the correct answer is option C.

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Question 1:

If A and B are two finite sets, then n(A) + n(B) is equal to ____________.

Answer:

Let A and B be two finite sets
Let n(A) = m
n(B) = n
Then n(A) + n(B) = m + n which is also finite

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Question 2:

If A is a finite set containing n elements, then the number of subsets of A is ____________.

Answer:

Let n(A) = n; ie A has elements
Then number of subsets of A is 2n.

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Question 3:

The set {xR : 1 ≤ x < 2} can be written as ____________.

Answer:

The set {xR : 1 ≤ x < 2} is in interval with real values from 1 to 2, including 1.
i.e {xR : 1 ≤ x < 2} = [1, 2]

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Question 4:

If A and B are finite sets such that AB, then n(AB) = ____________.

Answer:

Let n(A) = m
n(B) = n, since both are finite set
Since AB then AB = B
 ⇒ n(AB) = n(B)
n(AB) = n = n(B)

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Question 5:

If A and B are any two sets, then AB is equal to ____________.

Answer:

Let A and B be any two sets then A – B = Aâ‹‚BC

i.e A – B = Aâ‹‚BC

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Question 6:

When A = Ï•, then the number of elements in P(A) is ____________.

Answer:

Let A = Ï•
Then number of elements in P(A) = 1 = 20
i.e. P(A) = {{Ï•}}

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Question 7:

When A = Ï•, then the number of elements in P(P(A)) is ____________.

Answer:

A = Ï•
Then n(P(A)) = 1
n(P(P(A))) = 2n(P(A))

  = 2' = 2
i.e. n(P(P(A))) = 2

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Question 8:

The power set of set A = {1, 2} is ____________.

Answer:

Let A = {1, 2}
Then number of subject of A are 22 = 4
i.e. Ï•, {1}, {2}, {1, 2}
P(A) = {{1}, {2}, Ï•, {1, 2}}
i.e P(A) = {Ï•, {1}, {2}, {1, 2}}

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Question 9:

For all sets A and B, A – (A ∩ B) is equal to ____________.

Answer:

For set A and B
 A – (A ∩ B) = A ∩ (A ∩ B)'                         (By defination of AB)

= A ∩ (A' ⋃ B')                        (By De-Morgan's law)
= (A A') ⋃ (A B')              (By Distributive law)
= Ï• ⋃ (AB') 
= AB'
i.e A – (AB) = A – B

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Question 10:

For all sets A and B, B – (A ∩ B) is equal to ____________.

Answer:

For set A and B
B – (A ∩ B) = B ∩ (A ∩ B)'     (By defination of negation)

= B ∩ (A' ⋃ B')
= (B A') ⋃ (B B')
= (BA') ⋃ ϕ
= BA'
= BA'
= B – A
Hence, B – (AB) = B – A

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Question 11:

Given the sets A = {1, 3, 5}, B = {2, 4, 6} and C = {0, 2, 4, 6, 8}. Then the universal set of all the three sets A, B and C can be ____________.

Answer:

A = {1, 3, 5}
B = {2, 4, 6}
C = {0, 2, 4, 6, 8}
Then universal let ∪ for A, B and C is such that
AU
BU
and CU
i.e U = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8}

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Question 12:

If U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10},  A = {1, 2, 3, 5), B = {2, 4, 6, 7) and C = {2, 3, 4, 8}. Then, ____________.
(i) (BC)'=_____
(ii) (CA)'=_____

Answer:

If U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
A = {1, 2, 3, 5), B = {2, 4, 6, 7) and C = {2, 3, 4, 8}
A' = {4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10},  B' = (1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10) and C' ={1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10}
Then (BC)' = B' â‹‚ C'
                        = {1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10} â‹‚ {1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10}
i.e (BC)' = {1, 5, 9, 10} and (CA)' = (â‹‚ A')'
                    = C' ∪ A
                    = {1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10} ∪ {1, 2, 3, 5}
(CA)' = {1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10}



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Question 13:

If A and B are two sets, then A ∩ (AB)' is equal to ____________.

Answer:

For sets A and B
A ∩ (A â‹ƒ B)'
= A â‹‚ (A'B')
= (AA') ∩ B'      (using associative properly of sets)
= Ï•B'
Hence, A ∩ (A â‹ƒ B)' = Ï•

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Question 14:

If A and B are two sets, then ((A' ∪ B') – A)' is equal to ____________.

Answer:

For sets A and B, ((A' ⋃ B') – A)'
= ((A' ⋃ B') ∩ A')'        
= ((AB)' ∩ A') '            (using De-Morgan's Law)
= (((AB)' )' ⋃ (A')')      (using De-Morgan's Law)
= ((AB) ⋃ A)
= A
i.e ((A' ⋃ B') – A)' = A

 

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Question 15:

For any two sets A and B, [B' ∪ (B' – A)]' is equal to ____________.

Answer:

For set A and B,
[B' â‹ƒ (B' – A')]'
= (B')' â‹‚ (B'A')'         [By De-Morgan's Law]
= (B')' â‹‚ (B' â‹‚ (A')')'
= (B')' â‹‚ (B' â‹‚ A)'
= (B')' â‹‚ (B ⋃ A')           [By De-Morgan's Law]
= B ⋂ (B ⋃ A')
= B ⋂ (B ⋃ A')
= (B ⋂ B) ⋃ (B ⋂ A')
= B ⋃ (B ⋂ A')
[Since B â‹‚ A' ⊆ B]
= B
i.e [B' ⋃ (B'A')]' = B

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Question 16:

For any three sets A, B and C, (AB) – (BC) is equal to ____________.

Answer:

Ans

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Question 17:

For any three sets A, B and C, (AB) ∩ (CB) is equal to ____________.

Answer:

For A, B and C
  (A B) ∩ (C – B) = (A BC) ∩ (C BC)

= A BCBCC        (∵ intersection is associative)
= A ∩ (BCBC) ∩ C
= ABCC                   (∵ BC BC = BC)
= ACBC
Hence, (A – B) ∩ (C – B) = (A C) – B

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Question 18:

If A and B are two sets, then (AB') ∪ (BC) is equal to ____________.

Answer:

For set A, B and C
(AB') ∪ (BC)

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Question 19:

For any three sets A, B and C, (ABC) ∩ (A ∩ B' ∩ C') ∩ C' is equal to ____________.

Answer:

(ABC) ∩ (AB' ∩ C') ∩ C'



 

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Question 20:

Let S ={x : x is a positive multiple of 3 less than 100} P = {x : x is a prime number less than 20} Then, n(S) + n(P) = ____________.

Answer:

Let S ={x : x is a positive multiple of 3 less than 100}
S = {3, 6, 9, ....... 99}
P = {x : x is a prime number less than 20}= {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19}
n(S) = 33
n(P) = 8 
n(S) + n(P) = 41

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Question 21:

If n(AB) = 10, n(BC) = 20 and n(AC) = 30, then the greatest possible value of n(AB C) is ____________.

Answer:

If n(AB) = 10
n(BC) = 20
n(AC) = 30
To find the greatest possible value of n(AB C)
Since ABC A B , A B≤  Aand AB B C
n(ABC) ≤ n(A ∩ B), n(ABC) ≤ n(AC) and n(ABC) ≤ n(BC)
⇒ n(ABC) ≤ min{n(AB), n(AC), n(BC)}
                         ≤ min {10, 20, 30} = 10 
i.e maximum / greatest possible value of n(AB C) is 10.

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Question 22:

If A, B and C are any three non-empty sets such that any two of them are disjoint, then (AB C) (AB C) = ____________.

Answer:

If A, B and C are three non-empty sets such that any two of there are disjoint say
A ∩ B = Ï•
∩ C = Ï• and A ∩ C = Ï•
Then  A ∩ B ∩ C  Ï•
⇒ (A ⋃ B ⋃ C) (AB C) = (A ⋃ B ⋃ C) ∩ Ï• 

      = Ï•

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Question 23:

If n(AB) = 5, n(AC) = 7 and n(AB C) = 3, then the minimum possible value of n(BC) is ____________.

Answer:

If n(A ∩ B) = 5
n(A ∩ C) = 7
n(A ∩ ∩ C) = 3
Then the minimum possible value of n(B ∩ C
Since n(⋃ â‹ƒ C)  = n(A) + n(B) + n(C) – n(∩ B) – n(∩ C) – n(∩ A) + n(A ∩ B ∩ C )
Since A ∩ ∩ C
n(C) ≤ n(∩ C)
⇒ 3 ≤ n(∩ C)
∴ minimum possible value of n(∩ C) = 3

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Question 24:

A and B are any two non-empty sets and A is proper subset of B. If n(A) = 5, then the minimum possible value of n(A ∆ B) is ____________.

Answer:

Given B Ï•
A ⊆ B and n(A) = 5
Then minimum possible value of  n(A âˆ† B)
Since ⊊ B         i.e n(A) âŠŠ n(B)
⇒ â‹ƒ B = B
    B =A
 n(A âˆ† B) = n(⋃ B) – n(B

= n(B) – n(A)
= n(B) – 5
i.e  n(A âˆ† B) = – n(B) – 5 > n(A) – 5 = 0
i.e.  n(A âˆ† B) > 0
Minimum possible value of  n(A âˆ† B) = 1

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Question 25:

For any two sets A and B, if n(A) =15, n(B) = 12, AB ≠ Ï• and B A, then the maximum and and minimum possible values of n(A ∆ B) are _______ and ___________ respectively.

Answer:

If n(A) =15
n(B) = 12
A ∩ B ≠ Ï•
       ⊄ A
Then maximum and possible values of n(A âˆ† B) = ?
Since A B A and A B B
n(A B) n(A) and n(AB) ≤ n(B)
n(∩ B ≤ min {n(A), n(B)} = 12 
⇒ –n (∩ B) ≥ – 12
i.e n(A B) ≤ 12
also A⋃ B,    ⊆ A ⋃ B
i.e n(A) ≤ n(A â‹ƒ B) and n(B) ≤ n(⋃ B)
⇒ n(A â‹ƒ B) ≥ max {n(A), n(B)} = 15
i.e. n(⋃ B) ≥ 15
⇒ n(A âˆ† B) = n(⋃ B) – n(A B) ≥ 15 – 12 = 3
i.e n(A âˆ† B) ≥ 3
i.e maximum value of n(A âˆ† B) = 3

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Question 26:

If A and B are two finite sets such that n(A) > n(B) and the difference of the number of elements of the power sets of A and B is 96, then n(A) – n(B) = ____________.

Answer:

If n(A) > n(B) and n(P(A)) – n(P(B)) = 96 given 
where P(A) and P(B) represents power left of B respectively.
Let n(A) = n and n(B) = m
i.e n(P(A)) = 2n and n(P(B)) = 2m
i.e 2– 2m = 96
2m(2–m – 1) = 96 = 25 × 3
i.e 2m = 25
i.e m = 5 and 2–m – 1 = 3
2–m  = 4 = 22
i.e. nm = 2
i.e n = 2 + m
n = 2 + 5
i.e. n = 7
n(A) – n(B) = n m = 2

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Question 1:

If a set contains n elements, then write the number of elements in its power set.

Answer:

A set having n elements has 2n subsets or elements.

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Question 2:

Write the number of elements in the power set of null set.

Answer:

We know that a set of n elements has 2n subsets or elements.
A null set has no element(s) in it.
∴ Number of elements in the power set of null set = 20 = 1

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Question 3:

Let A = {x : xN, x is a multiple of 3} and B = {x : xN and x is a multiple of 5}. Write AB.

Answer:

A = {x:xN and x is a multiple of 3.}
   = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45,...}
B = {x:xN and x is a multiple of 5.}
   ={5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45,...}
Thus, we have:
AB = {15, 30, 45,...}
         = {x:xN, where x is a multiple of 15.}

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Question 4:

Let A and B be two sets having 3 and 6 elements respectively. Write the minimum number of elements that AB can have.

Answer:

We know that nAB=nA+nB-nAB nAB is minimum when nAB is maximumso, nAB=3Hence, nAB=nA+nB-nAB                              =3+6-3                             = 6

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Question 5:

If A = {xC : x2 = 1} and B = {xC : x4 = 1}, then write AB and BA.

Answer:

We have:
A = {xC : x2 = 1}
A = {-1, 1}
And,
B = {xC : x4 = 1}
B = {x4-1 = 0}
B = {x2-1x2+1 =0}
B = {-1, 1, -i, i}
Thus, we get:
AB =
And,
BA = {-i, i}

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Question 6:

If A and B are two sets such that AB, then write B' − A' in terms of A and B.

Answer:

B'-A' = Not B - Not A             = Nothing common in them             =



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Question 7:

Let A and B be two sets having 4 and 7 elements respectively. Then write the maximum number of elements that AB can have.

Answer:

We know that nAB=nA+nB-nAB nAB is maximum when nAB is minimumso, nAB=0Hence, nAB=nA+nB-nAB                              =4+7-0                             = 11

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Question 8:

If A=x, y : y=1x, 0 x  R and B=x, y : y=-x, x  R, then write AB.

Answer:

We have:
A=x, y : y=1x, 0 x  R
   = {1,1, 2,12, 3,13, 4,14, ...}
And,
B=x, y : y=-x, x  R
   = 1, -1, 2, -2, 3, -3, 4, -4, ...
Thus, we get:
AB =

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Question 9:

If A=x, y : y=ex, x  R and B=x, y : y=e-x, x  R, then write AB.

Answer:

We have:
A = 0, 1, 1, e, 2, e2, 3, e3, ...
B = 0, 1, 1, e-1, 2, e-2, 3, e-3, ...
Thus, we get:
AB = 0, 1

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Question 10:

If A and B are two sets such that n A=20, n B=25 and n AB=40, then write n AB.

Answer:

We have:
nA = 20, nB = 25 and nAB = 40
We know:
nAB = nA + nB - nABnAB = nA + nB -nAB
                   = 20 + 25 - 40
                   = 5

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Question 11:

If A and B are two sets such that n A=115, n B=326, n A-B=47, then write n AB.

Answer:

nA = 115, nB = 326 and nA-B = 47Now,nA - nAB = nA-B115 - nAB = 47nAB = 68
Thus, we get:
nAB = nA + nB - nAB
               = 115 + 326 - 68
               = 373



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Question 1:

Describe the following sets in Roster form:
(i) {x : x is a letter before e in the English alphabet};
(ii) {xN : x2 < 25};
(iii) {xN : x is a prime number, 10 < x < 20};
(iv) {xN : x = 2n, nN};
(v) {xR : x > x}.
(vi) {x : x is a prime number which is a divisor of 60}
(vii) {x : x is a two digit number such that the sum of its digits is 8}
(viii) The set of all letters in the word 'Trigonometry'
(ix) The set of all letters in the word 'Better'.

Answer:

Roster form:
In this form, a set is defined by listing elements, separated by commas, within braces {}.
(i) {a, b, c, d}
(ii) {1, 2, 3, 4}
(iii) {11, 13, 17, 19}
(iv) {2, 4, 6, 8, 10,...}
(v) ϕ
(vi) {2, 3, 5}
(vii) {17, 26, 35, 44, 53, 62, 71, 80}
(viii) {T, R, I, G, O, N, M, E, Y}
(ix) {B, E, T, R}

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Question 2:

Describe the following sets in set-builder form:
(i) A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6};
(ii) B=1, 12, 13, 14, 15, ...;
(iii) C = {0, 3, 6, 9, 12, ...};
(iv) D = {10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15};
(v) E = {0};
(vi) {1, 4, 9, 16, ..., 100}
(vii) {2, 4, 6, 8 .....}
(viii) {5, 25, 125 625}

Answer:

Set-builder form:
To describe a set, a variable x (each element of the set) is written inside braces. Then, after putting a colon, the common property P(x) possessed by each element of the set is written within braces.

(i) {x:xN, x<7}(ii) {x: x=1n, xN}(iii) {x:x=3n, nZ+}(iv) {x:xN, 9<x<16}(v) {x:x=0}(vi) {x2:xN, 1n10}(vii) {x:x=2n, nN}(viii) {5n:nN, 1n4}

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Question 3:

List all the elements of the following sets:
(i) A=x:x210,x Z

(ii) B=x:x=12n-1, 1n5

(iii) C=x:x is an integer,-12<x<92

(iv) D = {x : x is a vowel in the word "EQUATION"}

(v) E = {x : x is a month of a year not having 31 days}

(vi) F = {x : x is a letter of the word "MISSISSIPPI"}

Answer:

(i) A={0,±1,±2,±3}(ii) B=1,13,15,17,19(iii) C={0,1,2,3,4}(iv) D={A,E,I,O,U}(v) E={February,April,June,September,November}(vi) F={M,I,S,P}



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Question 4:

Match each of the sets on the left in the roster form with the same set on the right described in the set-builder form:

(i) {A, P, L, E} (i) x : x + 5 = 5, x ∈ Z
(ii) {5, −5} (ii) {x : x is a prime natural number and a divisor of 10}
(iii) {0} (iii) {x : x is a letter of the word "RAJASTHAN"}
(iv) {1, 2, 5, 10,} (iv) {x: x is a natural number and divisor of 10}
(v) {A, H, J, R, S, T, N} (v) x : x2 − 25 = 0
(vi) {2, 5} (vi) {x : x is a letter of the word "APPLE"}

Answer:

 (i) {A, P, L, E} is a roster form of {x : x is a letter of the word APPLE}.
(ii) {5, −5} is a roster form of {x : x2 − 25 = 0}.
(iii) {0} is a roster form of  {x : x + 5 = 5, x ∈ Z}.
(iv) {1, 2, 5, 10} is a roster form of {x : x is a natural number and a divisor of 10}.
(v) {A, H, J, R, S, T, N} is a roster form of {x : x is a letter of the word RAJASTHAN}.
(vi) {2, 5} is a roster form of {x : x is a prime natural number and a divisor of 10}.
 

(i) {A, P, L, E} (vi) {x : x is a letter of the word APPLE}
(ii) {5, −5} (v) { x : x2 − 25 = 0}
(iii) {0} (i) {x : x + 5 = 5, x ∈ Z}
(iv) {1, 2, 5, 10} (iv) {x : x is a natural number and a divisor of 10}
(v) {A, H, J, R, S, T, N} (iii) {x : x is a letter of the word RAJASTHAN}
(vi) {2, 5} (ii) {x : x is a prime natural number and a divisor of 10}

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Question 5:

Write the set of all vowels in the English alphabet which precede q.

Answer:

The set of vowels in the English alphabet that precede q is {a, e, i, o}.

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Question 6:

Write the set of all positive integers whose cube is odd.

Answer:

The set of all positive integers whose cube is odd is {2n + 1 : nZ, n0}.

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Question 7:

Write the set 12, 25, 310, 417, 526, 637, 750 in the set-builder form.

Answer:

The set-builder form of the set 12, 25, 310, 417, 526, 637, 750 is nn2+1:nN,n7.



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Question 1:

Which of the following are examples of empty set?
(i) Set of all even natural numbers divisible by 5;
(ii) Set of all even prime numbers;
(iii) {x : x2 −2 = 0 and x is rational};
(iv) {x : x is a natural number, x < 8 and simultaneously x > 12};
(v) {x : x is a point common to any two parallel lines}.

Answer:

(i) All natural numbers that end with 0 are even & divisible by 5. Therefore, the given set is not an example of empty set.
(ii) 2 is an even prime number. Therefore, the given set is not an example of empty set.
(iii) There is no rational number whose square is 2 such that x2-2 = 0. Therefore, it is example of empty set.
(iv) It is not possible that x<8 and, at the same time, x>12. Therefore, it is an example of empty set.
(v) There is no common point in two parallel lines. Therefore, it is an example of empty set.

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Question 2:

Which of the following sets are finite and which are infinite?
(i) Set of concentric circles in a plane;
(ii) Set of letters of the English Alphabets;
(iii) {xN : x > 5};
(iv) {x = ∈ N : x < 200};
(v) {xZ : x < 5};
(vi) {xR : 0 < x < 1}.

Answer:

(i) There can be infinite concentric circles in a plane. Therefore, it is an infinite set.
(ii) There are 26 letters in the set of English alphabet. Therefore, it is a finite set.
(iii) {xN : x > 5} = {6,7,8,9,...}. There will be infinite numbers. So, it an infinite set.
(iv) There are finite elements in the set {x = ∈ N : x < 200}. Therefore, it is a finite set.
(v) In this set, xZ , so there would be infinite elements in the set {xZ : x < 5}. Therefore, it is an infinite set.
(vi) In this set,  x ∈ R. We know real numbers include all numbers, i.e., decimal numbers, rational numbers and irrational numbers.
So, there would be infinite elements in the set {xR : 0 < x < 1}. Therefore, it is an infinite set.

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Question 3:

Which of the following sets are equal?
(i) A=1, 2, 3;
(ii) B=xR : x2-2x+1=0;
(iii) C=1, 2, 2, 3;
(iv) D=xR : x3-6x2+11x-6=0.

Answer:

Two sets A & B are equal if every element of A is a member of B & every element of B is a member of A.
(i) A=1, 2, 3
(ii) B=xR : x2-2x+1=0
Set B would be {1}.
(iii) C=1, 2, 2, 3 
It can be written as {1, 2, 3} because we do not repeat the elements while writing the elements of a set.
C = {1, 2, 3}
(iv) D=xR : x3-6x2+11x-6=0 includes elements {1, 2, 3}.
      ∴ D = {1, 2, 3}
Hence, we can say that A = C = D.



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