ZION COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS

BASIC MATHEMATICS FOR NATURAL SCIENCE

ASSIGNMENT I (20%)

1. Write the converse and contrapositive of the following statement

’ ’If two sets are equal then they have the same number of elements’’.

2. Show that the compound statement (q  p )   (p  q ) is a contradiction.

3. Show that the argument the argument 𝑞 ⟹ ¬𝒑, 𝒑, 𝒓 ⟹ 𝒒 ⟼ ¬𝒓 is valid argument.

4. Let 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 = {𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑, 𝑒, 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧} and 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 = {𝑏, 𝑒, 𝑦}

a) If 𝐵 − 𝐴 = {𝑥, 𝑧}, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐴 = ___________________.

b) If 𝐴 − 𝐵 = ∅, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐵 = ___________________.

c) If 𝐵 = {𝑏, 𝑒, 𝑦, 𝑧}, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐴 − 𝐵 = ___________________.

5. Use the principle of mathematical induction to prove

1 + 5 + 9 … … … … + (4𝑛 − 3) = 𝑛(2𝑛 − 1)

6. Show that the complex number 1 − √2𝑖 satisfies the equation 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 3 = 0