SETS SOLUTION

(d)Since, intelligency is not defined (b)Since, 4 − 3n − 1 = (3 + 1) − 3n − 1

1. n n
12.
for students in a class i.e., Not a = 3 n + n C1 3 n−1 + n C 2 3 n−2 + ..... + n Cn−1 3 + n Cn − 3n − 1
well defined collection.
=n C 2 3 2 + n C 3 .3 3 + ... + n Cn 3 n ,
(b)Since x + 1 = 0, gives x
2
2.
2
= −1
(n C0 =n Cn , n C1 =n Cn−1 etc.)
 x = i
 x is not real but x is real = 9[n C2 +n C3 (3) + ..... +n Cn 3 n −1 ]
(given)  4 n − 3n − 1 is a multiple of 9 for n  2
 No value of x is possible. .
x 2 = 16 For n = 1, 4 − 3n − 1 = 4 − 3 − 1 = 0 ,
n
3. (a)  x = 4
2x = 6  x = 3 For n = 2, 4 n − 3n − 1 = 16 − 6 − 1 = 9
There is no value of x which  4 n − 3n − 1 is a multiple of 9 for all n  N
satisfies both the above  X contains elements, which are

equations. Thus, A =  . multiples of 9, and clearly Y

contains all multiples of 9.
4. (c)Number of subsets of
A =n C0 +n C1 + ......... +n Cn = 2n .  X  Y i.e., X Y = Y .
c c
5. (c)Number of proper subsets of the 13. (c) n( A  B ) =n[(A  B)c] =
n(U) − n( A  B) =
set {1, 2, 3) = 2 − 2 = 6 .
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6. (b) B  C = {4} ,  A  (B  C) = {1, 2, n(U) − [n( A) + n(B) − n( A  B)]

3, 4}. = 700 – [200 + 300 – 100] = 300.
7. (a) A  B  A . Hence 14. (b)n(A) = 40% of 10,000 = 4,000

A  ( A  B) = A . n(B) = 20% of 10,000 = 2,000

n(C) = 10% of 10,000 = 1,000
8. (d) A  (A  B)c = A  (Ac  Bc )
n (A  B) = 5% of 10,000 = 500
= (A  A )  (A  B ) =
c c
n (B  C) = 3% of 10,000 = 300
  ( A  Bc ) = A  Bc . n(C  A) = 4% of 10,000 = 400
1 n(A  B  C) = 2% of 10,000 =
9. (c)Since y = , y = −x meet when 200
x
We want to find n(A  Bc  Cc) = n[A
1  (B  C)c]
−x =
x 
x 2 = −1 , which does
= n(A) – n[A  (B  C)] = n(A) – n[(A
not give any real value of x.  B)  (A  C)]
Hence, AB = . = n(A) – [n(A  B) + n(A  C) – n(A
 B  C)]
10. (b) A = [ x : x  R, − 1  x  1] = 4000 – [500 + 400 – 200] = 4000
B = [x : x  R : x − 1  −1 – 700 = 3300.
15. (c)n(C) = 20, n(B) = 50, n(C  B) =
or x − 1  1]
10
= [x : x  R : x  0 or x  2] Now n(C  B) = n(C) + n(B) – n(C  B)
 A  B = R − D ,where = 20 + 50 – 10 = 60.
D = [ x : x  R, 1  x  2] . Hence, required number of persons =

11. (c)Since, y = e
x
and y=x do not
60%.
16. (d)n(M) = 23, n(P) = 24, n(C)= 19
meet for any x R n(M  P) = 12, n(M  C)= 9, n(P
 A B = .  C)= 7
n(M  P  C) = 4 2 4 − 1 = 16 − 1 = 15
.
We have to find n(M  P  C), n(P  29. (b)Given A  {1, 2} = {1, 2, 3, 5, 9} .
M   C ), Hence, A = {3, 5,9} .
n ( C  M   P )
Now n (M  P  C) = n[M  (P  C)] 30. (b)Since A  B = B,  B  A .
= n(M)– n(M  (P  C))
= n(M ) − n[(M  P)  (M  C)]
= n(M) – n(M  P)– n(M  C) +
n(M  P  C)
= 23 –12 – 9 + 4 = 27 –21 = 6
n(P  M  C) = n[P  (M  C)]
= n(P)– n[P  (M  C)] =
n(P) − n[(P  M )  (P  C)]
= n(P) – n(P  M) – n(P  C) +
n(P  M  C)
= 24 – 12 – 7 + 4 = 9

n(C  M   P ) = n(C) − n(C  P) − n(C  M ) + n(C  P  M )

= 19 – 7 – 9 + 4 = 23
– 16 = 7.
17. (a)It is distributive law.
18. (b)It is De' Morgan law.
19. (c)(A – B)  (B – A) = (A  B) – (A 
B).
20. (b) A × B = {(2, 7), (2, 8), (2, 9),
(4, 7), (4, 8), (4, 9), (5, 7), (5,
8), (5, 9)}
n(A × B) = n(A) . n(B) = 3 × 3 = 9.
21. (c) n( A  B) = pq .
22. (c)B  C = {c, d}  (d, e} = {c, d, e}
 A × (B  C) = {a, b} × {c, d, e}
= {(a, c), (a, d), (a,
e), (b, c), (b, d), (b, e)}.
23. (d)It is fundamental concept.
24. (b)It is fundamental concept.
25. (b)Since
1 1 1 −2
 0,  2,  , [ y  N ]
y y y 3
 1
can be 1, [  y can be 1].
y
26. (d)Null set is the subset of all given
sets.
27. (b) S = {0, 1, 5, 4 , 7} ,
then, total number of subsets of S
is 2 n .
Hence, 2 = 32 .
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28. (a)The number of non- empty

subsets = 2 − 1
n