De La Salle University-Manila School of Economics Mathematical Economics 1 AY 2011-2012 Term 2 Problem Set 1 Part 1

Set Theory
1. Given the sets A = {2, 4, 6}, B = {7, 2, 6}, C = {4, 2, 6}, and D = {2, 4}, (a) Prove or disprove i. A = B ii. 5 B iii. D A (b) Find the following i. A B ii. C A D iii. B C iv. D B A iv. D A v. 7 B vi. C = B

2. Use Venn Diagrams to answer the following questions (Make sure you also write out the set operation that you used): (a) In a music class, each student is required to learn an instrument. 10 students only take piano lessons, 31 students only take violin lessons and 12 take piano and violin lessons. How many students are enrolled in this music class? (b) A survey of 60 customers of The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf was taken and the following results were noted, 12 customers drank Coffee-based ice-blended drinks and ordered a food item, 6 customers drank only Tea-based drinks, 29 customers drank Coffee-based ice-blended drinks, 2 customers drank Coffee-based ice-blended drinks and Tea-based drinks, 10 customers drank Coffee-based ice-blended drinks, Tea-Based drinks and ordered a food item, 33 customers ordered a food item, and 1 customer drank Tea-Based drinks and ordered a food item. i. How many customers drank Tea-Based drinks? ii. How many customers did not drink anything at all? iii. How many customers drank Tea-Based drinks only? iv. How many customers drank Coffee-based drinks and ordered a food item along with it only? (c) A person decided to sort out her closet and found that 38 of her clothes have red, 20 have blue and 13 have both red and blue and 8 have neither red nor blue. i. How many clothes does this person have? ii. have blue but not red? iii. have red but no blue? 1