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In a class of 55 students, the number of students studying different subjects are 23 in Mathematics, 24 in Physics, 19 in Chemistry, 12 in Mathematics and Physics, 9 in Mathematics and Chemistry, 7 in Physics and Chemistry and 4 in all the three subjects. The number of students who have taken exactly one subject is

Updated On: Jul 6, 2022
  • 6
  • 9
  • 7
  • All of these
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The Correct Option is D

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$n(M) = 23, n(P) = 24, n(C) =19$ $n(M \cap P) =12,n(M \cap C) = 9,n(P \cap C) = 7$ $n(M \cap P \cap C) = 4$ We have to find $n(M \cap P' \cap C'),n(P \cap M ' \cap C')$, $n(C \cap M \cap P)$ Now $n(M \cap P'\cap C')$ = $n[M \cap(P \cup C) ']$ $= n(M) - n[(M \cap (P\cup C)]$ $= n(M) - n[(M \cap P)\cup (M \cap C)]$ $= n(M) - n(M \cap P) - n(M \cap C) + n(M \cap P \cap C)$ $= 23 - 12 - 9 + 4 = 27 - 21 = 6$ $n(P\cap M ' \cap C') = n[P \cap (M \cup C) ']$ $= n(P) - n[P \cap (M \cup C)]$ $= n(P) - n[(P \cap M)\cup (P \cap C)]$ $= n(P) - n(P \cap M) - n(P \cap C) + n(P \cap M \cap C)$ $= 24 - 12 - 7 + 4 = 9$ $n(C \cap M ' \cap P')$ $= n(C) - n(C \cap P) - n(C \cap M) + n(C \cap P \cap M)$ $= 19 - 7 - 9 + 4 = 23 - 16 = 7$
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Sets

Set is the collection of well defined objects. Sets are represented by capital letters, eg. A={}. Sets are composed of elements which could be numbers, letters, shapes, etc.

Example of set: Set of vowels A={a,e,i,o,u}

Representation of Sets

There are three basic notation or representation of sets are as follows:

Statement Form: The statement representation describes a statement to show what are the elements of a set.

  • For example, Set A is the list of the first five odd numbers.

Roster Form: The form in which elements are listed in set. Elements in the set is seperatrd by comma and enclosed within the curly braces.

  • For example represent the set of vowels in roster form.

A={a,e,i,o,u}

Set Builder Form: 

  1. The set builder representation has a certain rule or a statement that specifically describes the common feature of all the elements of a set.
  2. The set builder form uses a vertical bar in its representation, with a text describing the character of the elements of the set.
  3. For example, A = { k | k is an even number, k ≤ 20}. The statement says, all the elements of set A are even numbers that are less than or equal to 20.
  4. Sometimes a ":" is used in the place of the "|".