Q.Write the following in roster form.
Concept understanding — Sets and Set Operations
A set is a well-defined, distinguishable collection of objects -- given any object, we must be able to decide for certain whether it belongs. "Beautiful flowers" is not well-defined (beauty is subjective); "red flowers in a named garden" is.
Subsets. A⊆B means every element of A lies in B. Mutual inclusion (A⊆B and B⊆A) forces A=B. For any A: ∅⊆A and A⊆A are its trivial subsets (the second makes A its own improper subset); A⊊B ("proper subset") additionally requires A=B, i.e. B has at least one extra element. The number-system chain is N⊂W⊂Z⊂Q⊂R.
A set can even be an element of another set: if A={1,2} and B={1,{1,2},3,4}, then A∈B, since the single object {1,2} is literally listed as one of B's four members. (This does not automatically make A⊆B -- here it does not, since 2∈/B as an individual element.)
Union, intersection, complement, difference. For a fixed universal set U:
A∪B={x:x∈A or x∈B},A∩B={x:x∈A and x∈B},A′={x∈U:x∈/A},
A−B={a∈A:a∈/B},AΔB=(A−B)∪(B−A)=(A∪B)−(A∩B) (symmetric difference).
A,B are disjoint if A∩B=∅. Indexed forms ⋃i=1nAi, ⋂i=1nAi extend union/intersection to many sets at once.
Power set. P(A)={B:B⊆A}, the set of all subsets of A; if n(A)=n, then n(P(A))=2n (each of the n elements is independently in or out of a candidate subset).
Algebraic laws. Commutative, associative and distributive laws hold for ∪,∩ exactly as +,× do for numbers; identity laws A∪∅=A, A∩U=A; idempotent A∪A=A∩A=A; absorption A∪(A∩B)=A∩(A∪B)=A. De Morgan's laws (A∪B)′=A′∩B′ and (A∩B)′=A′∪B′ (and their set-difference forms) let a complement/difference of a compound set be rewritten in terms of the complements/differences of its pieces -- indispensable for simplifying set expressions.
Cardinality (inclusion-exclusion). n(A∪B)=n(A)+n(B)−n(A∩B); for disjoint sets, n(A∪B)=n(A)+n(B); for three sets, n(A∪B∪C)=n(A)+n(B)+n(C)−n(A∩B)−n(A∩C)−n(B∩C)+n(A∩B∩C). This formula is the workhorse behind every "how many people study at least one of two/three subjects" word problem: total counts minus double-counted overlaps, plus back the triple-counted centre.
Finite vs. infinite, singleton. n(X)=k (finite) if X has exactly k elements for some whole number k; otherwise X is infinite. n(A)=1 makes A a singleton; note n(∅)=0 but n({∅})=1 -- a set containing the empty set as its one member is not itself empty.
Translate each set-builder rule into the raw list of numbers it describes.
(i) {2,3,5,7} (ii) {1} (iii) {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10} (iv) {−5}
Step 1 (i). x2<121⇒x<11 for x∈N, so x∈{1,…,10}; among these the primes are 2,3,5,7. Roster: {2,3,5,7}.
Step 2 (ii). (x−1)(x+1)(x2−1)=0. Since x2−1=(x−1)(x+1), the equation is (x−1)2(x+1)2=0, so x=1 or x=−1 (each a repeated root). The only positive root is x=1. Roster: {1}.
Step 3 (iii). 4x+9<52⇒4x<43⇒x<10.75. For x∈N, that's x∈{1,2,…,10}. Roster: {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}.
Step 4 (iv). x+2x−4=3⇒x−4=3(x+2)=3x+6⇒−10=2x⇒x=−5. Check x=−2: satisfied. Roster: {−5}.
(i) {2,3,5,7} (ii) {1} (iii) {1,2,…,10} (iv) {−5}
- Forgetting x2−1 factors the same way as the outer bracket in (ii), and double-counting x=1,−1 as four separate roots instead of two repeated ones.
- Missing the boundary check x=10 vs x=10.75 in (iii) (10 IS included since 10<10.75).
- CBSE 2022Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.Let A and B be subsets of the universal set N, the set of natural numbers. Then A′∪[(A∩B)∪B′] is:(a) B(b) A(c) N(d) A′
›Reveal solutionSolution
A′∪[(A∩B)∪B′]=N, the universal set itself.
First simplify the inner bracket using the distributive law (P∩Q)∪R=(P∪R)∩(Q∪R):
(A∩B)∪B′=(A∪B′)∩(B∪B′)=(A∪B′)∩N=A∪B′, since B∪B′=N (a set union its complement is always the universal set) and intersecting with N changes nothing.
Now the whole expression is A′∪(A∪B′)=(A′∪A)∪B′=N∪B′=N, again since A∪A′=N and N unioned with anything is still N.
✓Final answerThe correct option is (c) N.
- CBSE 2019Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.If A={(x,y)/y=ex,x∈[0,∞)} and B={(x,y)/y=sinx,x∈[0,∞)} then n(A∩B) is:(a) ∞(b) 1(c) ϕ(d) 0
›Reveal solutionSolution
On x≥0, ex≥1≥sinx with equality in the first only at x=0 (where sinx=0=1), so the curves y=ex and y=sinx never meet for x≥0, giving n(A∩B)=0.
A∩B consists of points (x,y) where both y=ex and y=sinx hold simultaneously for the same x≥0, i.e. where ex=sinx.
For x≥0: ex≥e0=1 (since ex is increasing), while sinx≤1 always.
Equality ex=sinx would require ex=1 (forcing x=0) AND sinx=1 at the same point — but sin0=0=1. So no x≥0 satisfies ex=sinx.
Hence A∩B=∅, so n(A∩B)=0.
✓Final answerThe correct option is (d) 0.
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