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There are many problems throughout the text labeled IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
Make sure you understand the operations of union, intersection, and complement
(Problem 1).
Problem 2 is interesting because it is taken from the California Assessment Program. It is based on the formula for the cardinality of the union of two sets. Relax; do not be afraid answer using your own words.
Remember intersection is “and”, union is “or,” and complement is “not.”
You should remember both of these formulas.
Remember the conditions under which this is true.
Contrast union, intersection, and complement for the given sets.
These are complements; to find the complement of a set, look at the universe
(set U), and list all elements in the universe that are not in the given set. Notice that Problems 11 and 17 are the same, and so are Problems 12 and 18.
For multiples of three, “count by 3”; {3, 6, 9, … }
For multiples of five, “count by 5”; {5, 10, 15, … }
These are complements; to find the complement of a set, look at the universe
(set U), and list all elements in the universe that are not in the given set. Notice that Problems 11 and 17 are the same, and so are Problems 12 and 18.
These problems deal with unions, intersections, and complements.
These are unions; to find the union of two sets first list all of the elements in the given sets using rosters, and then select those elements that are in either of the given sets. Remember, the empty set is { }.
These are intersections; to find the intersection of two sets first list all of the elements in the given sets using rosters, and then select those elements that are in both of the given sets. Remember, the empty set is { }.
These are complements; the universe and empty sets are complements.
These are unions; to find the union of two sets first list all of the elements in the given sets using rosters, and then select those elements that are in either of the given sets.
These are intersections; to find the intersection of two sets first list all of the elements in the given sets using rosters, and then select those elements that are in both of the given sets.
These are complements; remember, complement is relative to the universe.
See Figure 2.7.
See Example 1 for union and intersection; and Figure 2.2 for complement.
See Example 3. Draw two interlocking circles within a rectangle representing the universe. Next, label the circles and fill in the number in the intersection first. Finally, fill in the number in the remaining regions by using subtraction.