Algebra of Sets

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Algebra of Sets: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Practical Problems on Union and Intersection of Two Sets, Complement of a Set, Venn Diagram Presentation of Symmetric Difference of Sets & Venn Diagram Presentation of Complement of a Set etc.

Important Questions on Algebra of Sets

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In a class, 20 students opted for Physics, 17 for Maths, 5 for both and 10 for other subjects. how many students are there in the class?

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A survey of 100 persons revealed that 72 of them had eaten at restaurant P and that 52 of them had eaten at restaurant Q. Which of the following could not be the number of persons in the surveyed group who had eaten at both P and Q?

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Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

A committee prepared a list of twenty players each in Test, ODI and T20 cricket tournaments, out of 39 players. Three players are there who are in Test and ODI list but not in T20. Four players are there who are in Test and T20 list but not in ODI, and same number of players are there who are in all the three lists.

How many players are there who are in exactly one list?

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In a community of 175 persons, 40 read the Times, 50 read the Samachar and 100 do not read any. How many persons read both the papers ?

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Which of the following binary operations for set N are associative and/or commutative:

a  a*b=1 a,bN

b  a*b=a+b2 a,bN.

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In a class there are 50 students and each student has a hobby as painting, dancing, singing or writing. 24 students have their hobby as painting or singing, 10 students have their hobby as painting,7 students have their hobby as both painting and singing whereas10 students like to dance and 8 students like both dancing and writing. Each student has atmost two hobbies. Find the number of students who like singing or only writing or no hobby at all :

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A=a,bB=e,f. Verify closure property of union of two sets.

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A=a,b,cB=d,e,f. Verify closure property of union of two sets.

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A=1,2,3B=2,3,4,5. Verify closure property of union of two sets.

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A=1,2,3,4B=2,3,4,5,6. Verify closure property of union of two sets.

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A=1,2B=2,3. Verify closure property of union of two sets.

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A=2,3,5. Prove idempotent property of union of sets for given set.

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A=m,n. Prove idempotent property of union of sets for given set.

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A=a,b. Prove idempotent property of union of sets for given set.

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A=3,4. Prove idempotent property of intersection of sets for given set.

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A=1,2. Prove idempotent property of union of sets for given set.

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A=1,2,3 and U=1,2,3,4. Find AU.

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A=1,4 and U=1,2,3,4. Find AU.

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A=2,4 and U=1,2,3,4. Find AU.

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A=1,3 and U=1,2,3,4. Find AU.