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Learning Objectives for Section 7.2 Sets

Learning Objectives for Section 7.2 Sets. After today’s lesson, you should be able to Identify and use set properties and set notation. Perform set operations. Solve applications involving sets. Set Properties and Set Notation. Definition: A set is any collection of objects

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Learning Objectives for Section 7.2 Sets

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  1. Learning Objectives for Section 7.2 Sets After today’s lesson, you should be able to • Identify and use set properties and set notation. • Perform set operations. • Solve applications involving sets.

  2. Set Properties and Set Notation • Definition: A set is any collection of objects • Notation:e A means “eis an element ofA”, or “ebelongs to set A”. e Ameans “eis not an element ofA”.

  3. Set Notation (continued) A Bmeans “A is a subset of B” A = Bmeans “A and B have exactly the same elements” A  Bmeans “A is not a subset of B” A  Bmeans “A and B do not have exactly the same elements”

  4. Set Properties and Set Notation(continued) Example of a set: Let A be the set of all the letters in the alphabet. We write that asA = { a, b, c, d, e, …, z}. This is called the listing method of specifying a set. • We use capital letters to represent sets. • We list the elements of the set within braces, separated by commas. • The three dots (…) indicate that the pattern continues. Question: Is 3 a member of the set A?

  5. Set-Builder Notation Sometimes it is convenient to represent sets using set-builder notation. Example: Using set-builder notation, write the letters of the alphabet. A = {x | x is a letter of the English alphabet} This is read, “the set of all x such that x is a letter of the English alphabet.” It is equivalent to A = {a , b, c, d, e, …, z} Note: {x | x2 = 9} = {3, -3} This is read as “the set of all x such that the square of x equals 9.”

  6. Null Set Example:What are the real number solutions of the equation x2 + 1 = 0? Answer: ________________________________________ ________________________________________________ We represent the solution as the __________, written ____ or ___. It is also called the _______________ set.

  7. Subsets A is a subset of B if every element of A is also contained in B. This is written A B. For example, the set of integers { …-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, …} is a subset of the set of real numbers. Formal Definition: A B means “if x  A, then x  B.”

  8. Subsets(continued) Note: • Every set is a subset of itself. • Ø (the null set) is a subset of every set.

  9. Number of Subsets Example: List all the subsets of set A = {bird, cat, dog} For convenience, we will use the notation A = {b, c, d} to represent set A.

  10. B A Union of Sets(OR) A  B = { x | x  A or x  B} The union of two sets A and B is the set of all elements formed by combining all the elements of set A and all the elements of set B into one set. It is written A B. In the Venn diagram on the left, the union of A and B is the entire region shaded.

  11. Intersection of Sets(AND) A  B = { x | x  A and x  B} The intersection of two sets A and B is the set of all elements that are common to both A and B. It is written A  B. B A In the Venn diagram on the left, the intersection of A and B is the shaded region.

  12. Example • Example: Given A = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15} and B = {1, 4, 9, 16} find: • A  B . • A  B.

  13. Disjoint Sets If two sets have no elements in common, they are said to be disjoint.Two sets A and B are disjoint if A  B = . Example: The rational and irrational numbers are disjoint. In symbols:

  14. The Universal Set The set of all elements under consideration is called the universal setU. U

  15. The Complement of a Set(NOT) The complementof a set A is defined as the set of elements that are contained in U, the universal set, but not contained in set A. The symbolism and notation for the complement of set A are U In the Venn diagram on the left, the rectangle represents the universal set. A is the shaded area outside the set A.

  16. U A B 12 40 65 25 Venn Diagram Refer to the Venn diagram below. The indicated values represent the number of elements in each region. How many elements are in each of the indicated sets?

  17. Application* A marketing survey of 1,000 car commuters found that 600 listen to the news, 500 listen to music, and 300 listen to both. Let N = set of commuters in the sample who listen to news Let M = set of commuters in the sample who listen to music Find the number of commuters in the set The number of elements in a set A is denoted by n(A), so in this case we are looking for

  18. Solution(continued) The study is based on 1000 commuters, so n(U)=___________. _____ people listen to neither news nor music U The set N (news listeners) consists of 600 elements all together. Themiddlepart has _______, so theotherpart must have _______ elements. Therefore, M N ______ listen to music but not news ______ listen to news but not music. Fill in the remaining blanks. _______ listen to both music and news

  19. Examples From the Text • Page 364 # 2 – 42 even

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