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1.4 Set Operations with Two Sets

Intersection and union, the cardinality formula that corrects for double counting, and how the words AND and OR pick out diagram regions.

Contemporary Mathematics, 1.4 Set Operations with Two Sets

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1.4 Exercise 1

Set A={1,3,5,7,9}A = \left\{1 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 9\right\} and B={2,3,5,7}.B = \left\{2 , 3 , 5 , 7\right\} . Find AA intersection B.B .

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1.4 Exercise 3

Set A={0,2,4,6,8}A = \left\{0 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 8\right\} and set B={1,3,5,7,9}.B = \left\{1 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 9\right\} . Find A∩B.A \cap B .

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1.4 Exercise 5

Set A={1,3,5,…}A = \left\{1 , 3 , 5 , \ldots\right\} and set B=ℕ={1,2,3,…}B = \mathbb{N} = \left\{1 , 2 , 3 , \ldots\right\} Find A∩B.A \cap B .

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1.4 Exercise 7

Set A={1,3,5,7,9}A = \left\{1 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 9\right\} and set B={2,3,5,7}B = \left\{2 , 3 , 5 , 7\right\}. Find AA union BB.

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1.4 Exercise 9

Set A={0,2,4,6,8}A = \left\{0 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 8\right\} and set B={1,3,5,7,9}.B = \left\{1 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 9\right\} . Find A∪B.A \cup B .

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1.4 Exercise 11

Set A={1,3,5,…}A = \left\{1 , 3 , 5 , \ldots\right\} and set B=ℕ={1,2,3,…}.B = \mathbb{N} = \left\{1 , 2 , 3 , \ldots\right\} . Find A∪B.A \cup B .

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1.4 Exercise 13

The number of elements in set AA is 10, the number of elements in set BB is 20, and the number of elements in AA intersection BB is 4. Find the number of elements in AA union BB.

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1.4 Exercise 15

If AA and BB are disjoint sets and the cardinality of set AA is 37 and the cardinality of set BB is 43, find the cardinality of AA union BB.

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1.4 Exercise 17

A={0,3,6,9,12},B={0,4,8,12,16},A = \left\{0 , 3 , 6 , 9 , 12\right\} , B = \left\{0 , 4 , 8 , 12 , 16\right\} , and C={1,2,3,5,8,13}.C = \left\{1 , 2 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 13\right\} .

Find the set consisting of elements in:

  1. AandB.A \text{and} B .
  2. AorB.A \text{or} B .
  3. AorC.A \text{or} C .
  4. (BandC)orA.\left(B \text{and} C\right) \text{or} A .
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1.4 Exercise 19

Don Woods is serving cake and ice cream at his Juneteenth celebration. The party has a total of 54 guests in attendance. Suppose 30 guests requested cake, 20 guests asked for ice cream, and 12 guests did not have either cake or ice cream.

  1. How many guests had cake or ice cream?
  2. How many guests had cake and ice cream?
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