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Solved Basic Word Problems On Sets

This document provides solutions to 7 word problems involving sets. It demonstrates how to use set operations like union, intersection, complement and formulas involving the number of elements in sets to calculate quantities requested, such as the number of elements in the intersection or union of sets defined in each problem. Key set operations and properties used include union, intersection, complement, and the formulas n(A ∪ B) = n(A) + n(B) - n(A ∩ B) and n(A ∪ B) = n(A) - n(B) + n(A ∩ B) + n(B - A).

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Solved Basic Word Problems On Sets

This document provides solutions to 7 word problems involving sets. It demonstrates how to use set operations like union, intersection, complement and formulas involving the number of elements in sets to calculate quantities requested, such as the number of elements in the intersection or union of sets defined in each problem. Key set operations and properties used include union, intersection, complement, and the formulas n(A ∪ B) = n(A) + n(B) - n(A ∩ B) and n(A ∪ B) = n(A) - n(B) + n(A ∩ B) + n(B - A).

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Solved basic word problems on sets:

1. Let A and B be two finite sets such that n(A) = 20, n(B) = 28 and n(A B) = 36, find n(A
B).
Solution:
Using the formula n(A B) = n(A) + n(B) - n(A B).
then n(A B) = n(A) + n(B) - n(A B)
= 20 + 28 - 36
= 48 - 36
= 12

2. If n(A - B) = 18, n(A B) = 70 and n(A B) = 25, then find n(B).


Solution:
Using the formula n(AB) = n(A - B) + n(A B) + n(B - A)
70 = 18 + 25 + n(B - A)
70 = 43 + n(B - A)
n(B - A) = 70 - 43
n(B - A) = 27
Now n(B) = n(A B) + n(B - A)
= 25 + 27
= 52

Different types on word problems on sets:


3. In a group of 60 people, 27 like cold drinks and 42 like hot drinks and each person likes
at least one of the two drinks. How many like both coffee and tea?
Solution:
Let A = Set of people who like cold drinks.

B = Set of people who like hot drinks.


Given
(A B) = 60

n(A) = 27

n(B) = 42 then;

n(A B) = n(A) + n(B) - n(A B)


= 27 + 42 - 60
= 69 - 60 = 9
=9
Therefore, 9 people like both tea and coffee.

4. There are 35 students in art class and 57 students in dance class. Find the number of
students who are either in art class or in dance class.
When two classes meet at different hours and 12 students are enrolled in both activities.
When two classes meet at the same hour.
Solution:
n(A) = 35,

n(B) = 57,

n(A B) = 12

(Let A be the set of students in art class.


B be the set of students in dance class.)
(i) When 2 classes meet at different hours n(A B) = n(A) + n(B) - n(A B)
= 35 + 57 - 12
= 92 - 12
= 80
(ii) When two classes meet at the same hour, AB = n (A B) = n(A) + n(B) - n(A B)
= n(A) + n(B)
= 35 + 57
= 92

Further concept to solve word problems on sets:


5. In a group of 100 persons, 72 people can speak English and 43 can speak French. How
many can speak English only? How many can speak French only and how many can speak
both English and French?
Solution:
Let A be the set of people who speak English.
B be the set of people who speak French.
A - B be the set of people who speak English and not French.
B - A be the set of people who speak French and not English.
A B be the set of people who speak both French and English.
Given,
n(A) = 72

n(B) = 43

n(A B) = 100

Now, n(A B) = n(A) + n(B) - n(A B)


= 72 + 43 - 100
= 115 - 100
= 15
Therefore, Number of persons who speak both French and English = 15
n(A) = n(A - B) + n(A B)
n(A - B) = n(A) - n(A B)
= 72 - 15
= 57
and n(B - A) = n(B) - n(A B)
= 43 - 15
= 28
Therefore, Number of people speaking English only = 57
Number of people speaking French only = 28

Word problems on sets using the different properties (Union & Intersection):
6. In a competition, a school awarded medals in different categories. 36 medals in dance,
12 medals in dramatics and 18 medals in music. If these medals went to a total of 45
persons and only 4 persons got medals in all the three categories, how many received
medals in exactly two of these categories?
Solution:
Let A = set of persons who got medals in dance.
B = set of persons who got medals in dramatics.
C = set of persons who got medals in music.
Given,
n(A) = 36
n(A B C) = 45

n(B) = 12

n(C) = 18

n(A B C) = 4

We know that number of elements belonging to exactly two of the three sets A, B, C
= n(A B) + n(B C) + n(A C) - 3n(A B C)
= n(A B) + n(B C) + n(A C) - 3 4

..(i)

n(A B C) = n(A) + n(B) + n(C) - n(A B) - n(B C) - n(A C) + n(A B C)


Therefore, n(A B) + n(B C) + n(A C) = n(A) + n(B) + n(C) + n(A B C) - n(A B
C)
From (i) required number
= n(A) + n(B) + n(C) + n(A B C) - n(A B C) - 12
= 36 + 12 + 18 + 4 - 45 - 12
= 70 - 67
=3

Apply set operations to solve the word problems on sets:


7. Each student in a class of 40 plays at least one indoor game chess, carrom and scrabble.
18 play chess, 20 play scrabble and 27 play carrom. 7 play chess and scrabble, 12 play
scrabble and carrom and 4 play chess, carrom and scrabble. Find the number of students
who play (i) chess and carrom. (ii) chess, carrom but not scrabble.

Solution:
Let A be the set of students who play chess
B be the set of students who play scrabble
C be the set of students who play carrom
Therefore, We are given n(A B C) = 40,
n(A) = 18,

n(B) = 20

n(A B) = 7,

n(C B) = 12

n(C) = 27,
n(A B C) = 4

We have
n(A B C) = n(A) + n(B) + n(C) - n(A B) - n(B C) - n(C A) + n(A B C)
Therefore, 40 = 18 + 20 + 27 - 7 - 12 - n(C A) + 4
40 = 69 19 - n(C A)
40 = 50 - n(C A) n(C A) = 50 - 40
n(C A) = 10
Therefore, Number of students who play chess and carrom are 10.
Also, number of students who play chess, carrom and not scrabble.
= n(C A) - n(A B C)
= 10 4
=6
Therefore, we learned how to solve different types of word problems on sets without using
Venn diagram.

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