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Question 14 Marks
For any two sets A and B, prove the following: $\text{A}\cap\text{(A}'\cup\text{B})=\text{A}\cap\text{B}$
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$\text{LHS}=\text{A}\cap\text{(A}'\cup\text{B)}$ $=\text{(A}\cap\text{A}')\cup\text{(A}\cap\text{B)}$ $[\because\cap$ distributes over (i)$]$ $= \oint\cup\text{ (A}\cap\text{B)}$ $[\because\text{A}\cap\text{A}' = \oint]$ $=\text{A}\cap\text{B}$ $[\because\oint\cup$ x = x for any set x$]$ $= \text{RHS}$ $\therefore$ LHS = RHS Proved.
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Question 24 Marks
For any two sets A and B, prove that $\text{A}\cup(\text{B}-\text{A})=\text{A}\cup\text{B}$
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Let $\text{x}\in \text{A} \cup \text{(B} - \text{A)}\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{A or x}\in\text{(B} - \text{A)}$ $\Rightarrow \text{x} \in \text{A or x} \in \text{B and x}\not\in \text{A}$ $\Rightarrow \text{x}\in \text{B}$ $\Rightarrow \text{x}\in \text{A}\cup\text{B}$ $[\because \text{B}\subset\text{(A}\cup\text{B})]$ This is true for all $\text{x}\in\text{A}\cup\text{(B} - \text{A)}$ $\therefore \text{A}\cup\text{(B} - \text{A)}\subset\text{(A}\cup \text{B})....\text{(i)}$ Conversely, Let, $\text{x}\in \text{(A}\cup\text{B)}$ $\Rightarrow\text{x} \in \text{A or x} \in\text{B}$ $\Rightarrow \text{x}\in \text{A or x} \in \text{(B – A)}$ $[\because\text{B}\subset \text{(B – A)]}$ $\therefore\text{(A}\cup\text{B}) \subset \text{A}\cup \text{(B}- \text{A)}.....\text{(ii)}$ From (i) and (ii), we get $\text{A}\cup\text{(B} - \text{A) = (A}\cup\text{B}).$
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Question 34 Marks
For any two sets A and B, prove the following: $\text{A}\cap\text{(A}\cup\text{B})=\phi$
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$\text{LHS}=\text{A}\cap\text{(A}\cup\text{B}')$ $=\text{A}\cap\text{(A}'\cap\text{B}')$ [By De-morgan's law] $=\text{(A}\cap\text{A}')\cap\text{B}'$ [By associative law] $= \oint \cap \text{ B}'$ $[\because \text{A}\cap{A}' =\oint]$ $= \oint$ $= \text{RHS}$ $\therefore$ LHS = RHS Proved.
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Question 44 Marks
For any two sets A and B, prove that $(\text{A}\cap\text{B})-\text{B = A}- \text{B}$
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$\text{(A} \cup\text{B) – B = (A} - \text{B)}\cup\text{(A} - \text{B)}$ $= \oint\cap \text{ (A} - \text{B)}$ $= \text{A} - \text{B}.$
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Question 54 Marks
For any two sets A and B, prove the following: $\text{A}-\text{(A}-\text{B})=\text{A}\cap\text{B}$
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For any sets A and B we have by De-morgan's laws $\text{(A}\cup\text{B)}' = \text{A}'\cap\text{B}',\text{(A}\cap\text{B)}' = \text{A}'\cup\text{B}'$ Also $\text{LHS}= \text{A} - \text{(A} - \text{B)}$ $=\text{A}\cap\text{(A}- \text{B)}'$ $=\text{A}\cap\text{(A}\cap\text{B}')'$ $=\text{A}\cap\text{(A}\cap\text{(B})')'$ [By De-morgan's law] $=\text{A}\cap\text{(A}'\cup\text{B})$ $[\because\text{(B}')'=\text{B}]$ $=\text{(A}\cap\text{A}')\cup\text{(A}\cap\text{B})$ $=\oint\cup\text{(A}\cap\text{B})$ $[\because\text{A}\cap\text{A}'=\oint]$ $=\text{A}\cap\text{B}$ $[\because\oint\cup$ x = x, for and set x$]$ $= \text{RHS}$ $\therefore$ LHS = RHS Proved.
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Question 64 Marks
For any two sets A and B, prove that $\text{(A}-\text{B)}\cup(\text{B}\cap\text{A})=\text{A}$
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Let $\text{x}\in\text{A.}$ Then either $\text{x} \in \text{(A}- \text{B) or x} \in \text{(A}\cap \text{B})$ $\Rightarrow \text{x}\in\text{(A – B)}\cup \text{(A} \cap\text{B})$ $\therefore\text{A} \subset \text{(A – B)}\cup \text{(A}\cap\text{B}).....\text{(i)}$ Conversely, Let $\text{x}\in\text{(A} - \text{B)} \cup \text{(A}\cap\text{B)}$ $\Rightarrow\text{x} \in \text{(A – B) or x (A} \cap \text{B})$ $\Rightarrow\text{x} \in \text{A and x}\not\in\text{B or x}\in \text{A and x} \in\text{B}$ $\Rightarrow \text{x} \in \text{A}$ $\therefore\text{(A} - \text{B)}\cup\text{(A} \cap \text{B}) \subset \text{A}.....\text{(ii)}$ From (i) and (ii), we get $\text{(A} - \text{B)}\cup\text{(A} \cap \text{B) = A}.$
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Question 74 Marks
For any two sets A and B, prove the following: $\text{A} - \text{B}=\text{A }\Delta\text{ (A}\cap\text{B})$
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$\text{RHS}=\text{A }\Delta\text{ (A} \cap8)$ $=\text{(A} - \text{(A}\cap\text{B}))\cup\text{(A}\cap\text{B} - \text{A})$ $[\because\text{E }\Delta\text{ F} =\text{(E} - \text{F)}\cup\text{(F} - \text{E)]}$ $=\text{(A}\cap\text{(A}\cap\text{B})')\cup\text{(A}\cap\text{B}\cap\text{A}')$ $[\because \text{E - F = E }\cap \text{F}']$ $=\text{(A}\cap \text{(A}'\cup\text{B}'))\cup\text{(A}\cap\text{A}'\cap\text{B})$ [By de-morgan's law & associative law] $=\text{(A}\cap\text{A}')\cup(\text{A}\cap\text{B}')\cup(\oint\cap\text{B})$ $[\because\cap\text{ distributes over}\cup\text{and A }\cap \text{A}' = \oint]$ $= \oint \cup \text{(A}\cap\text{B}')\cup \oint$ $[\because \oint \cap \text{ B} = \oint]$ $= \text{A}\cap\text{B}'$ $[\because\oint\cup\text{ x = x for any set x}]$ $= \text{A} - \text{B }$ $[\because \text{A} \cap\text{B}' = \text{A - B}]$ $=\text{LHS}$ $\therefore$ LHS = RHS Proved.
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Question 84 Marks
If A, B, C are three sets such that $\text{A}\subset\text{B},$ then prove that $\text{C} - \text{B}\subset\text{C} - \text{A}.$
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We have, ACB To show: $\text{C} - \text{B}\subset\text{C} - \text{A}$ Let, $\text{x}\in\text{C} - \text{B}$ $\Rightarrow\text{x} \in \text{C and x}\not\in\text{B}$ $\Rightarrow\text{x} \in \text{C and x}\not\in\text{A}$ $[\because \text{A} \subset \text{B}]$ Thus, $\text{x} \in \text{C} - \text{B}\Rightarrow\text{x}\in \text{C} - \text{A}$ This is true for all $\text{x}\in\text{C} - \text{B}$ $\therefore \text{C} - \text{B} \subset \text{C} - \text{A}.$
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Question 94 Marks
Show that for any sets A and B,$\text{A}\cup(\text{B}-\text{A})=(\text{A}\cup\text{B})$
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Let $\text{x}\in\text{A}\cup\text{(B - A)}$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{A or x}\in(\text{B - A})$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{A or x}\in\text{B and x}\not\in\text{A}$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{A or x}\in\text{B}$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{(A}\cup\text{B})$ $\therefore\text{A}\cup\text{(B - A)}\subset\text{(A}\cup\text{B}).....\text{(i)}$ Let and $\text{x}\in\text{(A}\cup\text{B})$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{A or x}\in\text{B}$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{A or x}\in\text{B and x}\not\in\text{A}$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{A or x}\in\text{(B - A)}$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{A}\cup\text{(B - A)}$ $\therefore(\text{A}\cup\text{B})\subset\text{A}\cup\text{(B - A)}.....\text{(ii)}$ From (i) and (ii), we get $\text{A}\cup\text{(B - A)}=\text{A}\cup\text{B.}$
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Question 104 Marks
For any two sets of A and B, prove that:$\text{B}'\subset\text{A}'\Rightarrow\text{A}\subset\text{B.}$
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We have $\text{B}'\subset\text{A}'$ To show: $\text{A}\subset\text{B}$ Let, $\text{x}\in\text{A}$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\not\in\text{A}'$ $[\because\text{A}\cap\text{A}'=\phi]$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\not\in\text{B}'$ $[\because\text{B}'\subset\text{A}']$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{B}$ $[\because\text{B}\cap\text{B}'=\phi]$ Thus, $\text{x}\in\text{A}\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{B}$ This is true foe all $\text{x}\in\text{A}$ $\therefore\text{ A}\subset\text{B}.$
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Question 114 Marks
For any two sets A and B, prove that $\text{A}-(\text{A}-\text{B})=\text{A}\cap\text{B}$
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Let $\text{x}\in \text{A}- \text{(A} - \text{B)}\Leftrightarrow\text{x}\in \text{A}$ and $\Leftrightarrow\text{x}\in\text{A and x}\in \text{(A} ∩ \text{B)}$ $\Leftrightarrow\text{x}\in\text{A}\cap\text{(A} \cap \text{B})$ $\Leftrightarrow \text{x}\in\text{(A}\cap\text{B})$ $\therefore\text{A} - \text{(A – B) = (A}\cap\text{B})$
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Question 124 Marks
In a group of 50 persons, 14 drink tea but not coffee and 30 drink tea. Find: How may drink tea and coffee both.
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Let, n(P) denote the total number of person, n(T) denote the total number of person who drink tea and n(C) denote the total number of person who drink coffee. Then, $\text{n(P)} = 50, \text{ n(T} - \text{C)} = 14,\text{ n(T)}= 30$ To find: $\text{n(T}\cap\text{C)}$ Clearly T is the disjoint union T - C and $\text{T}\cup\text{C}$ $\therefore\text{T = (T}- \text{C)}\cup\text{(T}\cap\text{C)}$ $\therefore\text{n(T) = n(T} - \text{C)}+\text{n(T}\cap\text{C)}$ $\Rightarrow30=14+\text{n(T}\cap\text{C)}$ $\Rightarrow\text{n(T}\cap\text{C)}=30-14$ $= 16$ Hence, 16 persons drink tea and coffee both.
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Question 134 Marks
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: The number of people who read exactly one the newspapers.
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The venn diagram representing people reading newspaper H, T and I is shown above. The shaded region showns the number of people who read newspaper H only, newspaper T only and newspaper I only respectively. The number of people who read newspaper H only equels = 25 - (8 + 3 + 6) = 25 - 17 = 8 The number of people who read newspaper T only = 26 - (8 + 3 + 5) = 26 - 16 = 10 And, the number of people who read newspaper I only = 26 - (6 + 3+ 5) = 26 - 14 = 12 Hence, the number of people, who read exactly one newspaper = 8 + 10 + 12 = 30.
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Question 144 Marks
Using properties of sets, show that for any two sets A and $\text{B},\text{ (A}\cup\text{B})\cap(\text{A}\cup\text{B}')=\text{A}.$
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We need to show $(\text{A}\cup\text{B})\cap(\text{A}\cap\text{B}')=\text{A}$ Now, $(\text{A}\cup\text{B})\cap(\text{A}\cap\text{B}')=((\text{A}\cup\text{B})\cap\text{A})\cap\text{B}'$ $=((\text{A}\cap\text{A})\cup(\text{B}\cap\text{A}))\cap\text{B}'$ $=\text{A}\cap\text{B}'$ $=\text{A}.$
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Question 154 Marks
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: The number of people who read at least one of the newspapers.
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Let n(P) denote total number of people n(H) denote number of people who read newspaper H n(T) denote number of people who read newspaper T n(I) denote number of people who read newspaper I. Then, $\text{n(P)} = 60, \text{ n(H)} = 25, \text{ n(T)} = 26, \text{n(I)} = 26,$ $\text{n(H}\cap\text{I})=9,\ \text{n(H}\cap\text{T})=11,\text{n(T}\cap\text{I})=8,\ \text{n(H}\cap\text{T}\cap\text{I})=3$ We need to find the number of people who read at least one of the newspaper, i.e., n(H or T or I), i.e., $\text{n(H}\cap\text{T}\cap\text{I)}$ we know that if A, B, C are 3 sets. Then, $\text{n(A}\cup\text{B}\cup\text{C) = n(A) + n(B) + n(C) - n(A}\cap\text{B)}-\\\text{n(B}\cap\text{C)}-\text{n(A}\cap\text{C) + n(A}\cap\text{B}\cap\text{C)}$ $\therefore\text{ n(H}\cup\text{T}\cup\text{I) = n(H) + n(T) + n(I) - n(H}\cap\text{T)}\\-\text{n(T}\cap\text{I) - n(H}\cap\text{I) + n(H}\cap\text{T}\cap\text{I)}$ $= 25 + 26 + 26 - 9 - 11 - 8 + 3$ $= 25 + 52 - 28 + 3$ $= 25 + 52 - 25$ $= 52$ Hence, 52 people read at least one of the newspaper.
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Question 164 Marks
For any two sets of A and B, prove that:$\text{A}'\cup\text{B}=\text{U}\Rightarrow\text{A}\subset\text{B.}$
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We have $\text{A}'\cup\text{B}=\cap,$ the universal set To show: $\text{A}\subset\text{B}$ Let, $\text{x}\in\text{A}$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\not\in\text{A}'$ $[\because\text{A}\cap\text{A}'=\phi]$ $\because\text{x}\in\text{A and A}\subset\cup$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\cup$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in(\text{A}'\cup\text{B})$ $[\because\cup=\text{A}'\cup\text{B}]$ But, $\text{x}\not\in\text{A}',$ $\therefore\text{ x}\in\text{B}$ Thus, $\text{x}\in\text{A}\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{B}$ This is true for all $\text{x}\in\text{A}$ $\therefore\text{ A}\subset\text{B.}$
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Question 174 Marks
Let $A = {1, 2, 4, 5}, B = {2, 3, 5, 6}, C = {4, 5, 6, 7}$. Verify the following identities: $\text{A}-(\text{B}\cap\text{C})=(\text{A}-\text{B})\cup(\text{A}-\text{C})$
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$\text{A} = \{1, 2, 4, 5\},$
$\text{B}= \{2, 3, 5, 6\},$ and $\text{C} = \{4, 5, 6, 7\}$
$\text{B}\cap\text{C}= \{5, 6\}$ $\text{A}-(\text{B}\cap\text{C}) = \{1, 2, 4\}\ ....(1)$
 $\text{(A}- \text{B)} = \{1, 4\}$ $\text{(A} - \text{C)} = \{1, 2\}$
$(\text{A}-\text{B})\cup(\text{A}-\text{C})= \{1, 2, 4\}\ ....(2)$ From $eq^n$ (1) and $eq^n$ (2),
we get $\text{A}-(\text{B}\cap\text{C})=(\text{A}-\text{B})\cup(\text{A}-\text{C}).$
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Question 184 Marks
Each set X, contains 5 elements and each set Y, contains 2 elements and $\bigcup^\limits{20}_{\text{r=1}}\text{X}_\text{r}=\text{S =}\bigcup\limits^\text{n}_\text{r=1}\text{Y}_\text{r}.$ If each element of S belongs to exactly 10 of the $\text{X}'^\text{s}_\text{r}$ and to exactly 4 of $\text{Y}'^\text{s}_\text{r}$, then find the value of n.
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Since each $X_r$ has 5 elements and each element of S belong to exactly 10 of $\text{X}'^\text{s}_\text{r}.$ $\therefore\text{ S}=\bigcup\limits^{20}_\text{r=1}\text{X}_\text{r}\Rightarrow\frac{1}{10}\sum\limits^{20}_\text{r=1}\text{n(X}_\text{r})=\frac{1}{10}(5\times20)=10.....\text{(i)}$ Since each $Y_r$ has 2 elements and each element of S belong to exactly 4 of $\text{Y}'^\text{s}_\text{r}.$ $\therefore\text{ S}=\bigcup\limits^\text{n}_\text{r=1}\text{Y}_\text{r}\Rightarrow\frac{1}{4}\sum\limits^\text{n}_\text{r=1}\text{n(Y}_\text{r})=\frac{1}{4}\text{(2n)}=\frac{\text{n}}{2}.....\text{(ii)}$ From (i) and (ii), we get $10=\frac{\text{n}}{2}\Rightarrow\text{n}=20.$
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Question 194 Marks
For three sets A, B and C, show that. $\text{A}\cap\text{B}=\text{A}\cap\text{C}$ need not imply B = C.
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Let A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {2, 4, 6} and C = {2, 5, 7} Then, $\text{A}\cap\text{B}=\{2\}$ and $\text{A}\cap\text{C}=\{2\}$ Hence, $\text{A}\cap\text{B}=\text{A}\cap\text{C},$ but clearly $\text{B}\not=\text{C}.$
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Question 204 Marks
For three sets A, B and C, show that. $\text{A}\subset\text{B}\Rightarrow\text{C}-\text{B}\subset\text{C}-\text{A}.$
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Given $\text{A}\subset\text{B}$ To show: $\text{C} - \text{B }\subset​\text{ C} - \text{A}$ Let $\text{x}\in\text{C}-\text{B}$ $\Rightarrow \text{x}\in\text{C and x}\not\in\text{B}$ [by defination of C - B] $\Rightarrow \text{x}\in\text{C and x}\not\in\text{A}$ $[\because\text{A}\subset\text{B}]$ This can be seen by the venn diagram above $\Rightarrow \text{x}\in\text{C - A}$ [by defination of C - A] Thus $\text{x}\in\text{C - B}\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{C - A.}$ Thus is true for all $\text{x}\in\text{C}-\text{B}$ $\therefore\text{C - B}\subset\text{C - A}.$
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Question 214 Marks
Let A and B be two stes such that: $\text{n(P)}= 20,$$\text{n(A}\cup\text{B)=42 and n(A}\cap\text{B})=4.$ Find: $\text{n(B} - \text{A)}.$
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To find: $\text{B}- \text{A}$ On a similar lines we have B is the disjoint union of $\text{B} - \text{A}$ and $\text{A}\cap\text{B}$ i.e., $\text{B = (B} - \text{A)}\cup\text{(A}\cap\text{B})$ $\therefore\text{ n(B)=n(B}- \text{A)}+\text{n}\text{(A}\cap\text{B})$ $\Rightarrow26 = \text{n(B} - \text{A)} + 4$ $\Rightarrow\text{n(B} - \text{A)} = 26 - 4$ $= 22$ $\therefore\text{n(B} - \text{A)} = 22.$
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Question 224 Marks
For any two sets A and B, prove that $\text{A}-(\text{A}\cap\text{B})=\text{A} - \text{B}$
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$\text{A – (A}\cap \text{B) = (A} -\text{A) }\cap\text{(A} - \text{B)}$ $= \phi \cap\text{(A – B)}$ $= \text{A} – \text{B}.$
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Question 234 Marks
For any two sets A and B, prove that: $\text{A}\cap\text{B}=\phi\Rightarrow\text{A}\subseteq\text{B}'.$
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Given $\text{A}\cap\text{B}=\phi,$ i.e., A and B are disjoint set this can represented by venn diagram as follows. To show: $\text{A}\subseteq\text{B}'$ This is clear from the venn diagram it self $\because$ A is lying in the complement of B, but we give a proof of it. So let $\text{x}\in\text{A}$ $\because\text{A}\cap\text{B}=\phi,$ $\therefore\text{x}\not\in\text{B}$ and so $\text{x}\in\text{B}'$ $[\because\text{x}\not\in\text{B}\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{B}']$ Thuse $\text{x}\in\text{A}\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{B}'.$ This is true for all $\text{x}\in\text{A}$ Hence, $\text{A}\subseteq\text{B}'.$
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Question 244 Marks
Let $A = {1, 2, 4, 5}, B = {2, 3, 5, 6}, C = {4, 5, 6, 7}$. Verify the following identities: $\text{A}\cap(\text{B}\Delta\text{C})=(\text{A}\cap\text{B})\Delta(\text{A}\cap\text{C}).$
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$\text{A} = \{1, 2, 4, 5\},$
$\text{B} = \{2, 3, 5, 6\},$ and $\text{C} = \{4, 5, 6, 7\}$
$\text{B}\Delta\text{C}=(\text{B}-\text{C})\cup(\text{C}-\text{B})= \{2, 3\}\cup\{4, 7\} = \{2, 3, 4, 7\}$
$\text{A}\cap(\text{B}\Delta\text{C})= \{2, 4\} .........(1)$
$(\text{A}\cap\text{B})= \{2, 5\}$
$(\text{A}\cap\text{B})= \{4, 5\}$
$(\text{A}\cap\text{B})\Delta(\text{A}\cap\text{C})=[(\text{A}\cap\text{B})-(\text{A}\cap\text{C})]\cup[(\text{A}\cap\text{C})-(\text{A}\cap\text{B})]$
$(\text{A}\cap\text{B})\Delta(\text{A}\cap\text{C})=\{2\}\cup\{4\} = \{2, 4\} ..............(2)$ From $eq^n$ (1) and $eq^n$^ (2), we get $\text{A}\cap(\text{B}\Delta\text{C})=(\text{A}\cap\text{B})\Delta(\text{A}\cap\text{C}).$
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Question 254 Marks
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 basketball, 15 play hockey and football, 12 play football and 8 play all the three game. How many member are there in all?
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Let, n(P) denote total number of members, n(B) denote number of member in the basketball team n(H) denote number of member in the hockey team and n(F) denote number of member in the football team Then, $\text{n(B)} = 21, \text{ n(H)} = 26, \text{ n(F)} = 29$ Also $\text{n(H}\cap\text{B})=14,\ \text{n(H}\cap\text{F)}=15,\\ \text{n(F}\cap\text{B)}=12,\ \text{n(B}\cap\text{H}\cap\text{F)}=8$ Now, $\text{P}=\text{B}\cup\text{H}\cup\text{F}$ $\therefore\text{ n(P)}=\text{n(B}\cup\text{H}\cup\text{F)}$ $=\text{n(B) + n(H) + n(F)} - \text{n(B}\cap\text{H)}- \text{n(H}\cap\text{F)}-\\\text{n(B}\cap\text{F) + n(B}\cap\text{H}\cap\text{F)}$ $\Rightarrow\text{n(P)} = 21 + 26 + 29 - 14 - 15 - 12 + 8$ $= 76 - 41 + 8$ $= 43$ Hence, there are 43 membersb in all.
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Question 264 Marks
In a group of 950 person, 750 can speak Hindi and 460 can speak English. Find: how many can speak Hindi only.
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Clearly H is the disjoint union of $\text{H} - \text{E}\ \&\ \text{H}\cap\text{E}$ i.e., $\text{H = (H} - \text{E)}\cup\text{(H}\cap\text{E})$ $\therefore\text{ n(H) = n(H} - \text{E)}+\text{(H}\cap\text{E})$ $\begin{bmatrix}\because\text{if A & B arer disjoint then}\\\text{n(A }\cup\text{B)}=\text{n(A) + n(B)}\end{bmatrix}$ $\Rightarrow750 = \text{n(H} - \text{E)} + 260$ $\Rightarrow\text{n(H} - \text{E)} = 750 - 260$ $= 490$ Hence, 490 persons can speak Hindi only.
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Question 274 Marks
Find sets A, B and C such that $\text{A}\cap\text{B},\text{ A}\cap\text{C and B}\cap\text{C}$ are non-empty sets and $\text{A}\cap\text{B}\cap\text{C}=\phi.$
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To find sets A, B and C such that $\text{A}\cap\text{B}\not=\phi,\ \text{A}\cap\text{C}=\phi$ and $\text{B}\cap\text{C}=\phi,\text{ and }\text{A}\cap\text{B}\cap\text{C}=\phi$ Take $\text{A} = \{1, 2, 3\}$ $\text{B} = \{2, 4, 6\}$ and $\text{C} = \{3, 4, 7\}$ Then, $\text{A}\cap\text{B}=\{2\}$ $\therefore\text{A}\cap\text{B}\not=\phi$ $\text{A}\cap\text{C}=\{3\}$ $\therefore\text{A}\cap\text{C}\not=\phi$ $\text{B}\cap\text{C}=\{4\}$ $\therefore\text{B}\cap\text{C}\not=\phi$ However A, B and C have no elements in common, $\therefore\text{A}\cap\text{B}\not=\phi.$
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Question 284 Marks
In a survey it was found that 21 persons liked product $P_1, 26$ liked product $P_2$ and 29 liked product $P_3$. If 14 persons liked products $P_1$ and $P_2 ; 12$ persons liked product $P_3$ and $P_1 ; 14$ persons liked products $P_2$ and $P_3$ and 8 liked all the three products. Find how many liked product $P_3$ only.
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Let, $n(P_1)$ be the number of persons liking products $P_1 n(P_2)$ be the number of persons liking products $P_2$ and $n(P_3)$ be the number of persons liking products $P_{2}$ Then,$\text{n(P}_1) = 100,\text{n(P}_2) = 26,\text{n(P}_3) = 29,\text{n(P}_1\cap\text{P}_2) =14,$
$\text{n(P}_1\cap\text{P}_3) =12,\text{n(P}_2\cap\text{P}_3) =14,\text{n(P}_1\cap\text{P}_2\cap\text{P}_3) =8$
$\therefore$ Number of people liking product P_3 only $= 29 - (4 + 8 + 6)$
$= 29 - 18$
$= 11$ Hence, 11 persons liked product P_3 only.
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Let A and B be two stes such that: $\text{n(P)} = 20, \text{n(A}\cup\text{B)=42 and n(A}\cap\text{B})=4.$ Find: $\text{n(A} - \text{B)}.$
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To find: $\text{n(A} - \text{B)}$ We know that if A and B are disjoint sets, then $\text{A}\cap\text{B}=\phi$ $\therefore\text{n(A}\cup\text{B) = n(A)+n(B)}-\text{n(A}\cap\text{B)}$ $\text{n(A}\cup\text{B) = n(A)+n(B)}-\text{n}(\phi)$ $\Rightarrow\text{n(A}\cup\text{B)=n(A)+n(B)}$ Now, $\text{A}=\text{(A}-\text{B)}\cup\text{(A}\cap\text{B)}$ i.e., A is the disjoint union of A - B and $\text{A}\cap\text{B}$ $\therefore\text{ n(A)}=\text{n(A}-\text{B)}\cup\text{(A}\cap\text{B)}$ $\text{ n(A)}=\text{n(A}-\text{B)}+\text{n(A}\cap\text{B)}$ $\Rightarrow 20 = \text{n(A} - \text{B)} + 4$ $\Rightarrow\text{n(A} - \text{B)} = 20 - 4$ $= 16$ $\therefore\text{n(A} -\text{B)} = 16.$
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For any two sets A and B, prove that: A' - B' = B - A.
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To show $\text{A}' - \text{B}' = \text{B} - \text{A}$ We show that $\text{A}' – \text{B}' = \subseteq\text{B} - \text{A} $ and vice versa Let, $\text{x}\in\text{A}'-\text{B}'$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{A}'\text{and x}\not\in\text{B}'$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\not\in\text{A }\text{and x}\in\text{B}$ $[\because\text{A}\cap\text{A}'=\oint\text{ and B}\cap\text{B}'=\oint]$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{B}\text{ and x}\not\in\text{A}$ $\text{x}\in\text{B}- \text{A}$ This is true for all $\text{x}\in\text{A}'-\text{B}'$ Hence $\text{A}'-\text{B}'\subseteq\text{B}-\text{A}$ Conversely, Let, $\text{x}\in\text{B} - \text{A}$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{B and x}\not\in\text{A}$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\not\in\text{B}'\text{ and x}\in\text{A}'$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{A}'\text{ and x}\not\in\text{B}'$ $[\because\text{B}\cap\text{B}'=\oint\text{ and A}\cap\text{A}'=\oint]$ $\Rightarrow\text{x}\in\text{A}'-\text{B}'$ This is true for all $\text{x}\in\text{B} - \text{A}$ Hence $\text{B}- \text{A}\subseteq\text{A}'=\text{B}'$ $\therefore\text{ A}' - \text{B}' = \text{B} - \text{A}$ Proved.
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