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MALAWI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

TUTORIAL 1: SET THEORY & NUMBER SYSTEMS

DATE: Tuesday 6th August, 2024.

Question 1
(a) Let ξ = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15}, A = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13} and
B = {1, 4, 5, 9, 12, 15}. Find n(A ∪ B)′ .
(b) If X and Y are sets. Let ξ be the universal set. Simplify the following:
i. (X ∪ Y ) ∩ (X ∩ Y ).
ii. (X ∩ ξ)′ .
(c) State whether the following is true or false:
i. B ∩ A ⊆ B.
ii. B ⊆ A ∪ B.
(d) Le A, B and C be sets. Prove the following identity stating carefully which of
the set laws you are using at each stage of the proof;

(C ∪ A) ∩ (B ∪ A) = A ∪ (B ∩ C).

(e) In a survey, 30 respondents are asked on their preference on two soccer stars
namely Dan Kumwenda (D) and Adam Mhango (A). 15 respondents support
Dan, 13 support Adam while 23 support Dan or Adam. Find
i. n(D ∩ A).
ii. n(D ∪ A)′ .
(f) In a survey, 100 people were students and 720 owned a video recorder; 794 people
owned a video recorder or were students. How many students owned a video
recorder?

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Question 2
(a) Prove whether each of the following is irrational or not:
i.
√ √
3+ 2
ii.
√
3
2

(b) Denote the rationals by Q and the irrationals by Q′ . Simplify


i. Q ∪ Q′ .
ii. Q ∩ Q′
(c) For each of the following two statements decide whether it is true or false, and
prove your claims.
i. For all real numbers a and b, if ab ∈ Q, then a ∈ Q and b ∈ Q.
ii. For any two non-zero real numbers, if their product is rational, then both
numbers are rational or both numbers are irrational.
(d) Calculate the following complex numbers

i.

(1 + 3i)(2 − 4i)
ii.
1 + 3i
2 − 4i
iii.
 2
1 + 3i
2 − 4i

(e) Examine whether the following numbers are rational or irrational. Give reasons;
√ √
i. (5 + 5)(5 + 5)
√ √
ii. (5 + 5)(5 − 5)
i−4
(f) Compute real and imaginary parts of z = 2i−3
(g) Let X = (a + b : a, b ∈ Z). Show that if x, y ∈ X then x + y ∈ X

Question paper cont. . . Page 2 of 3


Question 3
(a) Let X = {3a | a ∈ Z}. Suppose x, y ∈ X. Show that x − y ∈ X. Is xy ∈ X?
(b) The sets X and Y are defined by X = {3n + 1 | n ∈ Z}, Y = {3n + 2 | n ∈ Z}.
Show that:
i. If x, y ∈ X then xy ∈ X.
ii. If x, y ∈ Y then xy ∈ X.
√
(c) Prove that 3 is an irrational number.
Question 4
(a) Express the following in the form x + iy:
i. (2 + i) − (3 − 2i)
ii. (5 + i) + (2 − 3i)
iii. (3 − 2i)(6 + i)
(b) Evaluate the following:
i. i13
ii. (−i)66
iii. i−52
(c) Find all real numbers x and y such that:
3x + 4i = 6 + iy
Question 5
(a) Find the complex conjugate of the following:
i. 4 + 3i
ii. 12 − 5i
(b) Express the following in the form x + iy:
1
i. 1−i
2+3i
ii. (1−2i)2

(c) Express the following in the form x + iy:


i. (2+3i)+(−4+5i)−(−9−3i)
3
ii. (−5 + 3i)(−4 + 8i)
a+ib
iii. a+ib−1
(d) Evaluate the following:
i. i6
ii. i8
iii. i−4
(e) Find all real x and y such that:
i. (1 + 2i)x + (3 − i)y = 2 + i
ii. (6 + 3i) + (14 − 7i) − (x + yi) = 0
(f) The sets X and Y are defined by X = {3n + 1 | n ∈ Z}, Y = {3n + 2 | n ∈ Z}.
Show that:
i. If x, y ∈ X, then x + y ∈ Y .
ii. If x ∈ X and y ∈ Y , then x + y is divisible by 3.

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