Assignment 1 (Unit 1)
Basic Mathematics I, MDC 1st Semester
Submit on or before 25/09/2024
Q1. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, B = {4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, C = {7, 8, 9, 10, 11} and D = {10, 11, 12, 13, 14}.
Find (i) A U B (ii)B U C (iii) A ∩C (iv) A ∩ D (v) A∩B
Verify the following
(i) A U (B ∩ C) = (A U B) ∩ (A ∩ C)
(ii) A ∩ (B UC) = (A ∩ B) U (A ∩ C)
(iii) A ∩ (B - C) = (A ∩ B) - (A ∩ C)
Q2. Let U = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}. A = {2, 4, 6, 8} and B = {2, 3, 5, 7, 8}.
Find (i) A′ (ii) (A′)′ (iii) (A U B) ′ (iv)(A ∩ B) ′
Verify the following
(i) (A U B) ′ = A′ ∩ B′
(ii) (A ∩ B) ′ = A′ U B′
(iii) B – A = B ∩ A′
Q3. Let A and B be two sets such that n(A) = 24, n(A U B) = 46 and n (A ∩ B) = 8.
Find (i) n(B) (ii) n (A – B) (iii) n (B – A)
Q4. What is the number of subsets and proper sub sets of a set containing n-elements.
Q5. In a survey of 800 students in a school 200 were listed as taking apple juice, 250 taking orange
juice and 125 were taking both apple as well as orange juice. Find how many students were
taking neither apple juice nor orange juice.
Q6. There 40 students in a chemistry class and 60 students in physics class. Find the number of
students which are either in Physics class or Chemistry class in the cases.
(i) the two classes meet at the same hour.
(ii) the two classes meet at different hours and 20 students are enrolled in both the subjects.
Q7. In a class of 35 students, 17 have taken mathematics 10 have taken mathematics but not
economics. Find the number of students who have taken both mathematics and economics and
the number of students who have taken economics but not mathematics, if it is given that each
student has taken either mathematics or economics or both.
Q8. If A {x : x = 2n + 1, n ≤ 4, n Є N} and B = { y : 2 < y < 7, y Є N}, find (i) A ∩ B (ii) A U B
Q9. Of the members of three athletic teams in a certain school, 21 are in the basket ball team, 26 in
hockey team and 29 in the football team. 14 play hockey and basket ball, 15 play hockey and
football, 12 play football and basket ball and 8 play all the three games. How many members are
there in all?
Q10. If A {a, b, c}. Power set of A. Also mention the proper subsets of A.
Q11. Draw Venn diagrams for the following sets:
i) (𝐴 − 𝐵)' ∩ 𝐴
ii) (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 ∩ 𝐶)'
iii) (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵)' if 𝐴⊂𝐵
iv) (𝐴 − 𝐵) ∩ (𝐴 𝖴 𝐵)
v) (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵)' if 𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 𝑎𝑟e disjoint 𝑠e𝑡𝑠
vi) (𝐴 𝖴 𝐵 𝖴 𝐶)'
vii) (𝐴 − 𝐵) 𝖴 (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵)
Q12. Write the following sets in set builder form )
(i) {1/4, 2/5, 3/6, 4/7, 5/8}
(ii) {…, -5, 0, 5, 10, …}
(iii) {-4, 4}
Q13. Write the following intervals in set- builder form :-
(i) (-6, 0) (ii) (2, 5] (iii) [-20, 3)
Q14. Find the smallest set A such that
A U {3, 5} = {1, 2, 3, 5, 4}
Q15. In a survey of 100 students, the number of students studying the various languages were found to
be English only 18, English but not Hindi 23, English and Sanskrit 8, English 26, Sanskrit 48,
Sanskrit and Hindi 8, Number of no language 24. Find
i) How many students were studying Hindi?
ii) How many students were studying English and Hindi
Q16. In a survey of 25 students it was found that 15 had taken Maths, 12 had taken Physics and 11 had
taken Chemistry, 5 had taken Maths and chemistry, 9 had taken Maths and Physics, 4 had taken
Physics and Chemistry and 3 had taken all the three subjects. Find the number of students that
had taken:
i) Only Chemistry
ii) Only Maths
iii) Only Physics
iv) not Chemistry
v) Only one of the subject
vi) At least one of the subjects
vii) None of the subjects
Q17. Of the members of three athletic team in a certain school, 21 are in the Basketball Team, 26 in
the Hockey team and 29 in the Football team. 14 play hockey and basketball, 15 play hockey and
football, 12 play football and basketball and 8 play all the three. How many members are there in
all?
Q18. In a survey of 100 persons it was found that 28 read magazine A, 30 read magazine B, 42 read
magazine C, 8 read magazines A & B, 10 read magazine B&C and 3 read all the three. Find:
i) How many read none of the magazines?
ii) How many read magazine C only?
iii) How many read magazine A only?
iv) How many read magazine B & C but not A ?
Q19. Let A and B be two finites sets such that n(A) = m and n(B) = n. If the ratio of number of
elements of power sets of A and B is 64 and
n(A) + n(B) = 32. Find the value of m and n.
Q20. In a survey of 400 students of a school, 100 were listed as smokers and 150 as chewers of Gum, a
75 were listed as both smokers and gum chewers. Find out how many students are neither
smokers nor gum chewers.
Q21. In a university out of 100 teachers, 15 like reading newspapers only, 12 like learning computers
only and 8 like watching movies only on TV in the spare time. 40 like reading news papers and
watching movies, 20 like learning computer and watching movies, 10 like reading news paper
and learning computer, 65 like watching movies. Draw a Venn diagram and show the various
portions and hence evaluate the numbers of teachers who:
i) Like reading newspapers
ii) Like learning computers
iii) Did not like to do any of the things mentioned above.
