MAT 31101 College Algebra September 07 to 13, 2024

1. In a competition, a school awarded medals cats, and 5 have fish. 4 have dogs and cats,
in different categories. 36 medals in dance, 3 have dogs and fish, and 1 has a cat and
12 medals in dramatics and 18 medals in fish. If no one has all three kinds of pets,
music. If these medals went to a total of 45 how many patrons have none of these pets?
persons and only 4 persons got medals in
8. In a group, 25 persons like tea or coffee, of
all the three categories, how many received
these 15 like tea and 6 like both coffee and
medals in exactly two of these categories?
tea. How many like coffee?
2. A guidance counsellor is planning sched-
9. In a class, 60% students like maths whereas
ules for 30 students. Every student will
50% like science. What per cent of students
take either French or English or Latin. 16
like both maths and science?
students say they want to take French, 16
want to take English, and 11 want to take 10. A system fails if both component A and
Latin. 5 say they want to take both French component B fail. The system designer
and Latin, and of these, 3 want to take wants to express the condition under which
English as well. 5 want only Latin, and the system does not fail using De Morgan’s
8 want only English. How many students Laws. Provide the simplified condition.
want French only?
11. In a survey, 60% of people like apples, and
3. Write each set in set builder notation; 50% like bananas. 30% like both. What
percentage of people do not like either ap-
(a) E = {Jan, Feb, March, April, May, June}
ples or bananas? Use De Morgan’s Laws
(b) F = {−8, −6, −4, −2, 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12} to solve.
4. If A = {−2, −1, 1, 5, 2}, B = 12. In a class of 100 students, 70 students like
{2, 5, 7, 6, 0, 8} and C = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. reading fiction, and 55 students like reading
Find; non-fiction. If 35 students like both, how
many students do not like either fiction
(a) (A ∩ N) ∪ C
or non-fiction? Use De Morgan’s Laws to
(b) (A ∩ B) ∪ (B ∩ C) solve the problem.
(c) C − A 13. In a survey of 200 people, 120 play foot-
ball, and 90 play basketball. If 50 people
(d) (D ∪ E)c if D = {0, 2} and E = {6, 7}
play both sports, how many people do not
are subsets of B
play either football or basketball? Use De
(e) P(B ∩ C) and |P(B ∩ C)| Morgan’s Laws to find the answer.
5. Write each set in roster notation; 14. In a class of 100 students, 70 students like
reading fiction, and 55 students like reading
(a) B = {y|y ∈ N, y ≥ 10}
non-fiction. If 35 students like both, how
(b) many students do not like either fiction
or non-fiction? Use De Morgan’s Laws to
C = {x|x is an odd integer, 1 ≤ x ≤ 17} solve the problem.
15. (a) Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4} and B = {3, 4, 5, 6}.
(c) D = {y|y ∈ N, y < 0}
Compute the symmetric difference
(d) E = {z|z ∈ Z, −14 ≤ z < 3} A∆B.
6. In a group of 60 people, 27 like cold drinks (b) Let A = {a, b, c}, B = {b, c, d}, and
and 42 like hot drinks and each person likes C = {c, d, e}. Find (A∆B)∆C.
at least one of the two drinks. How many
(c) Let A and B be subsets of a universal
like both cold drinks and soft drinks?
set U . Show that:
7. A veterinarian surveys 26 of his patrons.
(A∆B) ∩ (A ∩ B) = ∅
He discovers that 14 have dogs, 10 have