Practice Worksheet -1
SET THEORY
1. Write down all the possible proper subsets for each of the
following.
(a) {a, b, c, d}
(b) {1, 2, 3}
(c) {p, q, r}
(d) {5, 10}
(e) {x}
(f) ∅
2. Show with an example that if the number of elements in a set is
‘n’, then
(a) the number of subsets is 2n
(b) the number of proper subsets is 2n - 1.
3. If ξ = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
A = {2, 4, 6, 8}
B = {3, 5, 7}
C = {1, 5, 7, 8, 9}
Find (a) A’ (b) B’ (c) C’
4. If A = {2, 3, 4, 5} B = {4, 5, 6, 7} C = {6, 7, 8, 9} D = {8,
9, 10, 11}, find
(a) A ∪ B
(b) A ∪ C
(c) B ∪ C
(d) B ∪ D
(e) (A ∪ B) ∪ C
(f) A ∪ (B ∪ C)
(g) B ∪ (C ∪ D)
5. If A = {4, 6, 8, 10, 12} B = {8, 10, 12, 14} C = {12, 14, 16} D =
{16, 18}, find
(a) A ∩ B
(b) B ∩ C
(c) A ∩ (C ∩ D)
(d) A ∩ C
(e) B ∩ D
(f)(A ∩ B) ∪ C
(g) A ∩ (B ∪ D)
(h) (A ∩ B) ∪ (B ∩ C)
(i) (A ∪ D) ∩ (B ∪ C)
6. If A = {4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22} B = {5, 9, 13, 17, 20}
C = {3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17} D = {6, 11, 16, 21} then find
(a) A - C
(b) D - A
(c) D - B
(d) A - D
(e) B - C
(f) C - D
(g) B - A
(h) B - D
(i) D - C
(j) A - B
(k) C - B
(l) C - A
7. Find the union, intersection and the difference (A - B) of the
following pairs of sets.
(a) A = The set of all letters of the word FEAST
B = The set of all letters of the word TASTE
(b) A = {x : x ∈ W, 0 < x ≤ 7}
B = {x : x ∈ W, 4 < x < 9}
(c) A = {x | x ∈ N, x is a factor of 12}
B = {x | x ∈ N, x is a multiple of 2, x < 12}
(d) A = The set of all even numbers less than 12
B = The set of all odd numbers less than 11
(e) A = {x : x ∈ I, -2 < x < 2}
B = {x : x ∈ I, -1 < x < 4}
(f) A = {a, l, m, n, p}
B = {q, r, l, a, s, n}
8. Let X = {2, 4, 5, 6} Y = {3, 4, 7, 8} Z = {5, 6, 7, 8}, find
(a) (X - Y) ∪ (Y - X)
(b) (X - Y) ∩ (Y - X)
(c) (Y - Z) ∪ (Z - Y)
(d) (Y - Z) ∩ (Z - Y)
9. Let ξ = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} and A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} B = {2, 5, 7}
show that
(a) (A ∪ B)' = A' ∩ B'
(b) (A ∩ B)' = A' ∪ B'
(c) (A ∩ B) = B ∩ A
(d) (A ∪ B) = B ∪ A
10. Let P = {a, b, c, d} Q = {b, d, f} R = {a, c, e} verify
that
(a) (P ∪ Q) ∪ R = P ∪ (Q ∪ R)
(b) (P ∩ Q) ∩ R = P ∩ (Q ∩ R)
11. Use the adjoining figure to find the following sets:
(a) A ∪ B
(b) B ∩ C
(c) C - A
(d) A - B
(e) (B - C) ∪ A
(f) (C ∩ B) ∪ A
(g) (A ∪ B) ∩ C
(h) (B ∪ C)'
(i) (A ∪ B) - C
(j) (B - A)'
12. In a survey of 40 students in a class, 10 were fond of
having pineapple juice, 15 were fond of orange juice and 7 liked
to have both pineapple as well as orange juice. Find how many
students were taking neither pineapple juice nor orange juice.
13. In a survey, Sam found that 38 people liked product A, 36
liked product B, and 39 liked product C. If 24 people liked both
products A and B, 20 people liked products C and A, 18 people
liked product B and C, and 9 liked all the three products. Find
how many liked product C only?
14. Show that for any three finite sets A, B and C;
(i) A U (B ∩ C) = (A U B) ∩ (A U C)
(ii) A ∩ (B U C) = (A ∩ B) U (A ∩ C)
Thus, union and intersection are distributive over intersection
and union respectively.
15. Show that for any two finite sets A and B;
(i) A – (B U C) = (A – B) ∩ (A – C)
(ii) A - (B ∩ C) = (A – B) U (A – C)
De Morgan’s Laws can also we written as:
(i) (A U B)’ = A' ∩ B'
(ii) (A ∩ B)’ = A' U B'
ANSWERS
1. (a) d, {a}, {b}, {c}, {d}, {a, b}, {a, c}, {a, d}, {b, c}, {b, d},
{c, d}, {a, b, c}, {a, b, d}, {a, c, d}, {b, c, d}
(b) d, {1}, {2}, {3}, {1, 2}, {1, 3}, {2, 3}
(c) d {p}, {q}, {r}, {p, q}, {p, r}, {q, r}
(d) d, {5}, {10}
(e) d
(f) none
3. (a) {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10}
(b) {1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10}
(c) {2, 3, 4, 6, 10}
4. (a) {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}
(b) {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
(c) {4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
(d) {4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11}
(e) {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
(f) {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
(g) {4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11}
5. (a) {8, 10, 12}
(b) {12, 14}
(c) ∅
(d) {12}
(e) d
(f) {8, 10, 12, 14, 16}
(g) {8}
(h) {8, 10, 12, 14}
(i) {8, 10, 12, 16}
6. (a) {4, 10, 16, 19, 22}
(b) {6, 11, 21}
(c) {6, 11, 16, 21}
(d) {4, 7, 10, 13, 19, 22}
(e) {20}
(f) {3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17}
(g) {5, 19, 17, 20}
(h) {5, 9, 13, 17, 20}
(i) {6, 16, 21}
(j) {4, 7, 10, 16, 19, 22}
(k) {3, 7, 11, 15}
(l) {3, 5, 9 11, 15, 17}
7. (a) {F, E, A, S, T}, {E, A, S, T}, {F}
(b) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {5, 6, 7}, {1, 2, 3, 4}
(c) {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12}, {2, 4, 6}, {1, 3, 12}
(d) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}, d, {2, 4, 6, 8, 10}
(e) {-1, 0, 1, 2, 3}, {0, 1}, {-1}
(f) {a, 1, m, n, p, q, r, s}, {a, l, n}, {m, p}
8. (a) {2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8}
(b) d
(c) d {3, 4, 5, 6}
(d) d
9. (a) L.H.S. = R. H. S = {6}
(b) L.H.S. = R. H. S = {1, 3, 4, 6, 7}
(c) {2, 5}
(d) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7}
10. (a) {a, b, c, d, e, f}
(b) d
11.(a) {a, b, c, d, j, k}
(b) ∅
(c) {h, i, q}
(d) {a, b, c}
(e) {a, b, c, d, j, k}
(f) {a, b, c, d}
(g) ∅
(h) {a, b, c, p, l, m, n}
(i) {a, b, c, d, j, k}
(j) {a, b, c, d, h, i, p, q, l, m, n}
12. 22
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