Engineering Algebra I: [ASSIGNMENT 1]

November 11, 2023

ASSIGNMENT 1 PROBLEMS

1. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and B = {2, 3, 5, 7}. Find A ∪ B, A ∩ B, A \ B, A△B, and A × B.

2. Find A ∩ B for A = {a, b, c} and B = {b, c, d}.

3. Given A = {x ∈ R | − 2 ≤ x ≤ 2} and B = {x ∈ R | − 1 ≤ x ≤ 1}, calculate |A ∩ B|.

4. Given A = {x ∈ R | x ≥ 0}, find Ac .

5. Let U = {a, b, c, d, e, f } and A = {b, d, f }. Calculate Ac .

6. For A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and B = {3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, find A − B and A∆B.

7. If X = {a, b, c, d} and Y = {c, d, e, f }, determine X − Y and Y − X.

8. Given A = {x ∈ Z | 1 ≤ x ≤ 10} and B = {x ∈ Z | 5 ≤ x ≤ 15}, find |A − B| and |B − A|.

9. Find the Cartesian product A × B for A = {1, 2} and B = {a, b}.

10. Determine A × B for A = {x, y} and B = {1, 2, 3}.

11. Calculate |A × B| for A = {1, 2, 3, 4} and B = {a, b, c}.

12. Determine the power set of T = {1, 2, 3, 4}.

13. Let A = {a, b, c} and B = {d, e, f }. Find A ∪ B, A ∩ B, A \ B, A△B, and A × B.

14. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and B = {1, 2, 3}. Find the cardinality of A ∪ B, A ∩ B, A \ B, A△B.

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15. Let A = {} and B = {}. Find A ∪ B, A ∩ B, A \ B, A△B.

16. Let A = {∅} and B = {∅}. Find A ∪ B, A ∩ B, A \ B, A△B.

17. Let A = {∅, {1}} and B = {∅, {2}}. Find A ∪ B, A ∩ B, A \ B, A△B.

18. Let A = Q and B = R \ Q. Find A ∪ B, A ∩ B, A \ B, A△B.

19. Let A = N and B = Z. Find A ∪ B, A ∩ B, A \ B, A△B.

20. Let A = Q and B = R \ Q. Find A ∪ B, A ∩ B, A \ B, A△B.

21. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and B = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11}. Find the cardinality of the power set of A.

22. Let A = {∅, {1}, {2}, {1, 2}}. Find the cardinality of the power set of A.

23. Let A = {∅, {1}, {2}, {1, 2}, {3}}. Find the cardinality of the power set of A.

24. Let U = {x ∈ R | − 2 ≤ x ≤ 2} and A = {x ∈ R | − 1 ≤ x ≤ 1}. Determine | ∪ A|.

25. Let N be the universal set, A be the set of prime numbers less than 20, and B be the set of

even numbers less than 20. Find |A ∩ B|.

26. Consider three sets X, Y , and Z. If |X| = 10, |Y | = 15, |Z| = 20, |X ∩ Y | = 5, |Y ∩ Z| = 8,

and |X ∪ Y ∪ Z| = 30, calculate |X ∩ Y ∩ Z|.

27. Given sets X = {1, 2, 3} and Y = {a, b}, define a function f : X → Y that is injective

(one-to-one).

28. Given sets A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {2, 3, 4}, determine whether the relation R defined by

R = {(x, y) ∈ A × B | x + 1 = y} is reflexive.

29. Given sets X = {a, b, c} and Y = {1, 2}, define a function g : Y → X that is surjective (onto).

30. Given sets X = {a, b, c} and Y = {1, 2, 3} define a function h : X → Y that is both injective

(one-to-one) and surjective (onto).