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Venn Diagram Applications in Real Life

The document explains the use of Venn Diagrams to represent relationships in mathematics, particularly in the context of teachers who teach mathematics and physics. It provides an example involving 20 teachers, detailing how to calculate the number of teachers who teach physics using set representation. Additionally, it includes practice questions related to set theory and Venn Diagrams.

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Venn Diagram Applications in Real Life

The document explains the use of Venn Diagrams to represent relationships in mathematics, particularly in the context of teachers who teach mathematics and physics. It provides an example involving 20 teachers, detailing how to calculate the number of teachers who teach physics using set representation. Additionally, it includes practice questions related to set theory and Venn Diagrams.

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Set Representation

1. Most of the relationships which is interlinked in real life can be expressed


mathematically by means of diagrams known as Venn Diagrams.
2. These diagrams consist of rectangles and circles.
3. For Example: In a school there are 20 teachers who teach mathematics or physics. Of
these set of teachers, 12 teach mathematics and 4 teach both physics and mathematics.
How many teach physics?
Solution:
We understand from this information that:
No. of teachers teach mathematics = 12 (out of this 12 some may teach physics also.)
No. of teachers teaches both physics and math = 4

A( Mathematics) B( Physics)

B is 4
A is 8 C is ?

20

In the given figure, the area ‘a’ (yellow) contains people who belong to ‘Only A’(ie) who teach
only Math

The area ‘b” (Red ) contains people who belong to both A and B (ie) who teach both math and
physics
The area ‘C’ ( Green) contains people who belong to ‘Only C’ (ie) who teach only physics

Now interpreting our question in this form gives,

No of teachers teach both Math or Physics = A + B (a + b +c) = 20


No. of teachers teach Mathematics is A (a +b) = 12
No of teachers teach Physics is B (b + c) = ? (Asked?)
No of teachers teach both Math and Physics is b = 4

Now
8 +4 + x = 20 gives
X = 20 -12 = 8 => No of teachers teach only physics is 8
Hence teachers teach physics is 4 + 8 = 12

Similarly, for 3 different items we get the diagram below


A

b d

e g
f

B C

Here, A, B and C represents the three Major Categories

a Represents only A
b Represents A and B but not C
c Represents All three
d Represents Only A and C but not B
e Represents Only B
f Represents only B and C but not A
g Represents only C

Practice questions
1. In a class of 35 students, 24 like to play cricket and 16 like to play football. Also, each
student likes to play at least one of the two games. How many students like to play both
cricket and football? (5)
2. There are 200 individuals with a skin disorder, 120 had been exposed to the chemical
C1,6 50 to chemical C2, and 30 to both C1 and C2. Find the number of individuals exposed
to
(i) chemical C1 but not to C2 (90)(ii) chemical C2 but not to chemical C1 (20) (iii) chemical
C1 or chemical C2 .(140)
3. H - 25

8 6

b c
5
I - 26

T -26

This is a survey of 60 people reading newspapers H,T,I. Find


(i) how many read only Newspaper H (8)
(ii) how many read only Newspaper T (10)
(iii) how many read only Newspaper I (12)
(iv)the number of people who read at least of the newspapers. (52)
(v)the number of people who read exactly one newspaper. (30)

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