Operations on Sets

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Operations on Sets: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Algebraic Operations on Sets,Union of Two Sets,Number of Elements in Union of Two Sets, etc.

Important Questions on Operations on 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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In a certain town, 25% families own a phone. 15% own a car and 65% own neither a phone nor a car. 2000 families own both a car and a phone. Consider the following statements in this regard? Which of the following are the correct statements?
(I) 10% families own both a car and a phone.
(II) 35% families own either a car or a phone.
(III) 40,000 families live in the town.

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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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For any two sets A and BA-A-B is equal to

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Let A be te set of non-negative integers, I is the set of integers, B is the set of non-positive integers, E is the set of even integers and P is the set of prime numbers then

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An organization awarded 48 medals in event A'', 25 in event B'' and 18 in event C''. If these medals went to total 60 men and only five men got medals in all the three events, then, how many received medals in exactly two of three events?

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Let A=0, 1, 2, 3, 4B=xN|x20C=xN|x>3D=xN| x is divisible by 7.

Determine AB

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From the adjacent figure, find n(A)n(AUB) and n(AB). What is relation between n(A), n(B), n(AB) and n(AUB)?

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A college awarded 38 medals in football, 15 in basketball and 20 in cricket. If these medals went to a total of 58 men and only three men got medals in all the three sports, how many received medals in exactly two of the three sports ?

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If X and Y are two sets such that XY has 50 elements, X has 28 elements and Y has 32 elements, how many elements does XY have ?

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If X=x:x2-12x+20=0 and Y=x:x2+5x-14=0, then X-Y=

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Suppose that in a certain exam, 200 students appear for Mathematics, 50 appear for physics, 100 appear for Chemistry, 20 appear for Mathematics & Physics, 60 appear for Mathematics & Chemistry, 35 appear for Physics & Chemistry, while 245 appear for either Mathematics or Physics or Chemistry.

Determine the number of students who appear for

(i) All 3 subjects

(ii) Exactly for one of the subjects

Use Venn Diagram to find the same.

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If nP=12, nM=12 and nMP=4 then nMP=

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Let A and B be two sets such that nA-B=14+x, nB-A=3x and nAB=x. Draw a venn diagram to illustrate this information. If nA=nB, then find the value of x.

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When AB, then A-B=

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Let S=4,6,9 and T=9,10,11,....,1000. If A=a1+a2+a3+...+ak, kN, a1, a2, a3,...., akS, then the sum of elements in the set T-A is equal to

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If P(A)=23, P(B)=25, P(AB)=13 then find PAB.

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If nAB=97,nAB=23 and nA-B=39, then nB is equal to