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SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES:
MATHEMATICIANS ARE FOND OF COLLECTIONS
IN-SECTION EXERCISES:
1. The object(s) in a set are called the element(s) or member(s) of the set.
If a set has n members, where n is a whole number, then it is a finite set. Otherwise, it is an infinite set.
2. The sentence ‘ n is a whole number ’ is true when n is chosen from the set {0, 1, 2, 3, . . . }. Otherwise, the
sentence is false.
4. The centered dots denote multiplication.
5. There are 5 members in the set {a, b, c, d, e}.
There are 5 · 4 · 3 · 2 · 1 = 120 different re-arrangements of the five-member set {a, b, c, d, e}.
6. Let T = {a, b, c, d, e} .
7. Let S = {7, 8, 9, . . . } .
8a. T
8b. T
8c. F
8d. T
8e. ST/SF
10a. EXP, number
10b. EXP, set
10c. EXP, set
10d. SEN, T Read as: ‘ 5 is a member of the set of real numbers’ or ‘ 5 is in the set of real numbers’ or ‘ 5
is an element of the set of real numbers’ or, most simply, ‘ 5 is a real number’
10e. SEN, F Read as: ‘ 5.1 is a member of the set of integers’ or, most simply, ‘ 5.1 is an integer’
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12a. ‘ 1 is in the empty set ’; false

12b. ‘ 0 is in the empty set ’; false
12c. ‘ 0 is not in the empty set ’; true
12d. ‘ x is not in the empty set ’; (always) true
13a. EXP, set
13b. EXP, set
13c. EXP, number
13d. EXP, set
13e. SEN, F ‘ 1 is in the the set of real numbers between 1 and 2 , including 2 but not including 1 ’
13f. SEN, T ‘ 1 is in the set of real numbers between 1 and 2 , including 1 but not including 2 ’
14. The subsets of {a, b} are: {a, b} , Ø , {a} , {b} . There are four subsets.
15. The subsets of {0, 2, 4} are: {0, 2, 4} , Ø , {0} , {2} , {4} , {0, 2} , {0, 4} , {2, 4} . There are eight
subsets.

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16a. The set {−1, 2, 3} is a subset of R , since every member of {−1, 2, 3} is a real number.
16b. The set {−1, 2, 3} is not a subset of the whole numbers, because −1 is not a whole number.
16c. The set {−1, 2, 3} is a subset of the integers, since every member of {−1, 2, 3} is an integer.
16d. The set {−1, 2, 3} is a subset of the interval (−2, ∞), since every member of {−1, 2, 3} is in the interval
(−2, ∞) .

END-OF-SECTION EXERCISES:
17. EXP, set
18. SEN, T
19. SEN, T
20. EXP, set
21. SEN, F
22. SEN, T
23. SEN, T
24. {−1, 0, 1}
25. (−1, 1]
26. [0, 2)
27. (−∞, 1]
28. (−1, ∞)
29. There are eight subsets of {−1, 0, 1} : {−1, 0, 1} , Ø , {−1} , {0} , {1} , {−1, 0} , {−1, 1} , {0, 1} .
30. The set of positive integers is a subset of (−1, ∞) , since every positive integer is in the interval (−1, ∞) .

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