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3 EXERCISE

Short AnswerType

1. Write the following sets in the roaster from

(i) A = {x : x ∈ R, 2x + 11 = 15} (ii) B = {x | x^2= x, x ∈ R}

(iii) C = {x | x is a positive factor of a prime number p}

2. Write the following sets in the roaster form :

(i) D = {t | t^3 = t, t ∈ R}

(ii) E = {w | w-2/w-3 = 3 , w ∈ R}

(iii) F = {x | x^4 – 5x^2+ 6 = 0, x ∈ R}

3. If Y = {x | x is a positive factor of the number 2

p – 1 (2p – 1), where 2p – 1 is a prime number}.Write Y in the roaster form.

4. State which of the following statements are true and which are false. Justify your answer.

(i) 35 ∈ {x | x has exactly four positive factors}.

(ii) 128 ∈ {y | the sum of all the positive factors of y is 2y}

(iii) 3 ∉ {x | x^4 – 5x^3 + 2x^2 – 112x + 6 = 0}

(iv) 496 ∉ {y | the sum of all the positive factors of y is 2y}.

5. Given L = {1, 2, 3, 4}, M = {3, 4, 5, 6} and N = {1, 3, 5} .Verify that L – (M ∪ N) = (L – M) ∩ (L – N)

6. If A and B are subsets of the universal set U, then show that (i) A ⊂ A ∪ B (ii) A ⊂ B ⇔ A ∪ B = B (iii) (A ∩ B)
⊂A

7. Given that N = {1, 2, 3, ... , 100}. Then write (i) the subset of N whose elements are even numbers. (ii) the
subset of N whose element are perfect square numbers.

8. If X = {1, 2, 3}, if n represents any member of X, write the following sets containing all numbers represented
by (i) 4n (ii) n + 6 (iii) n/2 (iv) n – 1

9. If Y = {1, 2, 3, ... 10}, and a represents any element of Y, write the following sets, containing all the elements
satisfying the given conditions. (i) a ∈ Y but a^2 ∉ Y (ii) a + 1 = 6, a ∈ Y

(iii) a is less than 6 and a ∈ Y

10. A, B and C are subsets of Universal Set U. If A = {2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 20} , B = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15}, C = {5, 10, 15, 20}
and U is the set of all whole numbers , draw a Venn diagram showing the relation of U, A, B and C.

11. Let U be the set of all boys and girls in a school, G be the set of all girls in the school, B be the set of all boys
in the school, and S be the set of all students in the school who take swimming. Some, but not all, students in
the school take swimming. Draw a Venn diagram showing one of the possible interrelationship among sets U,
G, B and S.

12. For all sets A, B and C, show that (A – B) ∩ (C – B) = A – (B ∪ C) . Determine whether each of the
statement in Exercises 13 – 17 is true or false. Justify your answer.

13. For all sets A and B, (A – B) ∪ (A ∩ B) = A

14. For all sets A, B and C, A – (B – C) = (A – B) – C

15. For all sets A, B and C, if A ⊂ B, then A ∩ C ⊂ B ∩ C

16. For all sets A, B and C, if A ⊂ B, then A ∪ C ⊂ B ∪ C

17. For all sets A, B and C, if A ⊂ C and B ⊂ C, then A ∪ B ⊂ C. Using properties of sets prove the statements
given in Exercises 18 to 22

18. For all sets A and B, A ∪ (B – A) = A ∪ B

19. For all sets A and B, A – (A – B) = A ∩ B

20. For all sets A and B, A – (A ∩ B) = A – B

21. For all sets A and B, (A ∪ B) – B = A – B

Long Answer Type

23. Let A, B and C be sets. Then show that A ∩ (B ∪ C) = (A ∩ B) ∪ (A ∩ C)

24. Out of 100 students; 15 passed in English, 12 passed in Mathematics, 8 in Science, 6 in English and Mathematics, 7 in
Mathematics and Science; 4 in English and Science; 4 in all the three. Find how many passed (i) in English and
Mathematics but not in Science (ii) in Mathematics and Science but not in English (iii) in Mathematics only (iv) in
more than one subject only

25. In a class of 60 students, 25 students play cricket and 20 students play tennis, and 10 students play both the games.
Find the number of students who play neither?

26. In a survey of 200 students of a school, it was found that 120 study Mathematics, 90 study Physics and 70 study
Chemistry, 40 study Mathematics and Physics, 30 study Physics and Chemistry, 50 study Chemistry and Mathematics and
20 none of these subjects. Find the number of students who study all the three subjects.

27. In a town of 10,000 families it was found that 40% families buy newspaper A, 20% families buy newspaper B, 10%
families buy newspaper C, 5% families buy A and B, 3% buy B and C and 4% buy A and C. If 2% families buy all the three
newspapers. Find (a) The number of families which buy newspaper A only. (b) The number of families which buy
none of A, B and C

28. In a group of 50 students, the number of students studying French, English,Sanskrit were found to be as follows:
French = 17, English = 13, Sanskrit = 15 French and English = 09, English and Sanskrit = 4 French and Sanskrit = 5, English,
French and Sanskrit = 3. Find the number of students who study (i) French only (ii) English only (iii) Sanskrit only
(vii) at least one of the three languages (iv) English and Sanskrit (v) French and Sanskrit but not English (vi) French
and English but not Sanskrit (viii) none of the three languages but not French

Objective Type Questions = Choose the correct answers from the given four options in each Exercises 29 to 43

(M.C.Q.).

30. Two finite sets have m and n elements. The number of subsets of the first set is 112 more than that of the second set.
The values of m and n are, respectively, (A) 4, 7 (B) 7, 4 (C) 4, 4 (D) 7,7
31. The set (A ∩ B′)′ ∪ (B ∩ C) is equal to (A) A′ ∪ B ∪ C (B) A′ ∪ B (C) A′ ∪ C′ (D) A′ ∩ B

32. Let F1 be the set of parallelograms, F2 the set of rectangles, F3 the set of rhombuses, F4 the set of squares and F5 the
set of trapeziums in a plane. Then F1bmay be equal to

(A) F2 ∩ F3 (B) F3 ∩ F4 (C) F2 ∪ F5 (D) F2∪ F3 ∪ F4 ∪ F1

33. Let S = 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) S ∩ T ∩ C = φ (B) S ∪ T ∪ C = C
(C) S ∪ T ∪ C = S (D) S ∪ T = S ∩ C

34. Let R be set of points inside a rectangle of sides a and b (a, b > 1) with two sides along the positive direction of x-axis
and y-axis. Then

(A) R = {(x, y) : 0 ≤ x ≤ a, 0 ≤ y ≤ b} (B) R = {(x, y) : 0 ≤ x < a, 0 ≤ y ≤ b} (C) R = {(x, y) : 0 ≤ x ≤ a, 0 < y<b}

(D) R = {(x, y) : 0 < x < a, 0 < y < b}

35. 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

36. In a town of 840 persons, 450 persons read Hindi, 300 read English and 200 read both. Then the number of persons
who read neither is (A) 210 (B) 290 (C) 180 (D) 260

37. If X = {8n– 7n – 1 | n ∈ N} and Y = {49n – 49 | n ∈ N}. Then = (A) X ⊂ Y (B) Y ⊂ X (C) X = Y (D) X ∩ Y =φ

38. 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

39. If sets A and B are defined as A = {(x, y) | y =1x , 0 ≠ x ∈ R} B = {(x, y) | y = – x, x ∈ R}, then

(A) A ∩ B = A (B) A ∩ B = B (C) A ∩ B = φ (D) A ∪ B = A

40. If A and B are two sets, then A ∩ (A ∪ B) equals (A) A (B) B (C) φ (D) A ∩ B

41. If A = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17} B = {2, 4, ... , 18} and N the set of natural numbers is the universal set, then A′ ∪ (A ∪
B) ∩ B′) is A) φ (B) N (C) A (D) B

42. 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) is (A)
34 (B) 31 (C) 33 (D) 30

43. If X and Y are two sets and X′ denotes the complement of X, then X ∩ (X ∪ Y)′ is equal to (A) X (B) Y (C) φ (D) X
∩Y

Fill in the blanks in each of the Exercises from 44 to 51 :

44. The set {x ∈ R : 1 ≤ x < 2} can be written as ______________.

45. When A = φ, then number of elements in P(A) is ______________.

46. If A and B are finite sets such that A ⊂ B, then n (A ∪ B) = ______________.

47. If A and B are any two sets, then A – B is equal to ______________.

48. Power set of the set A = {1, 2} is ______________.

49. 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 ______________.

50. 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) (B ∪ C)′ is ______________. (ii)(C – A)′ is ______________.

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

52. Match the following sets for all sets A, B and C
(i) ((A′ ∪ B′) – A)′ (a) A – B
(ii) [B′ ∪ (B′ – A)]′ (b) A
(iii) (A – B) – (B – C) (c) B
(iv) (A – B) ∩ (C – B) (d) (A × B) ∩ (A × C)
(v) A × (B ∩ C) (e) (A × B) ∪ (A × C) (vi) A × (B ∪ C) (f) (A ∩ C) – B
State True or False for the following statements in each of the Exercises from 53 to 58 :
53. If A is any set, then A ⊂ A
54. Given that M = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} and if B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, then B ⊄ M
55. The sets {1, 2, 3, 4} and {3, 4, 5, 6} are equal.
56. Q ∪ Z = Q, where Q is the set of rational numbers and Z is the set of integers.
57. Let sets R and T be defined as
R = {x ∈ Z | x is divisible by 2}
T = {x ∈ Z | x is divisible by 6}. Then T ⊂ R
58. Given A = {0, 1, 2}, B = {x ∈ R | 0 ≤ x ≤ 2}. Then A = B.