TUTORIAL 2 QUESTIONS 2023

1. Given that:
=a, b, c, d ,..., j , and

A = a, b, c, d , e B = a, b, d , f , g C = b, c, e, g , h D = d , e, f , g , h

find:

(a) A  ( B  D) (b) ( A  D)  B (c) n( B  C  D) (d ) B  B (e) p( A  C )

2. In the Venn diagram,

U =  people in the hotel

B =  people who like bacon
E =  people who like eggs

(a) How many people like bacon?

(b) How many people like eggs but not bacon?

(c) How many people like bacon and eggs?

(d) How many people are in the hotel?

(e) How many people like neither bacon nor egg?

3. A team of athletes was selected to compete in long jump (L), javelin (J)
and high jump (H). The Venn diagram is a complete representation of
the distribution of the selected athletes.

From the above Venn diagram find the total number of athletes in:

(a) ( L  H )  J (b) ( L  H )  J ) (c) ( L ' J ) (d ) ( L  J ) − H

4. Draw a Venn diagram and shade the regions that describe each of the
following.

A. A  B B. ( A  B) − C C. ( A  B)  C  D. ( A  B)  C

5. Clearly distinct between the following binary relations.

5.1 Symmetric and anti-symmetric

5.2 symmetric, transitive and irreflexive

6. Given (2 xy, x + y ) = (6, 4) . Find x and y

7. Let f ( x) = x 2 + 2 x − 7 .Find to a simplest form,

2.3.1 f (−2)

2.3.2 f ( y + 1)

Given 𝑋 = {1,2,3,4, … ,9}. Determine which of the following are partitions of X:

i) [{1,3,6}, {2,8}, {5,7,9}]
ii) [{1,5,7}, {2,4,8,9}, {5,3,6}]
iii) [{2,4,5,8}, {1,9}, {3,6,7}]