Math 17 Problem set 1

Work individually . To be submitted on Thursday (June 30, 2011).

A. Let U ={1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j}; A={1, 3, 5, 7, 9, b, d, f, h, j}; B={1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10,

a, b, c, h, i, j}; and C={2, 4, 6, e, g}. Evaluate the following:
1. (A ∪ B) − B

2. [A − (A ∩ B)] ∪ B
3. A − (A ∩ B)
4. (A ∪ B) − (A ∩ B)

5. (A ∩ B 0 ) ∪ (A0 ∩ B)
6. (A ∩ B)0
7. (A ∪ B) ∩ C
8. (A ∩ C) ∪ (B ∩ C)

9. (A ∪ B) ∩ (B ∪ C)
10. (A ∪ B) − C
11. A ∪ (B − C)

12. A ∩ B ∩ (C ∪ B)
13. A ∪ [B − (A ∩ B)] ∪ [C − (A ∩ C)]
14. [A − (A ∩ B)] ∪ B
15. (A ∩ B) ∪ (B ∩ C) ∪ (C ∩ A)

16. (A ∪ B) − A
17. (A ∩ B)0 ∪ C
18. (A0 ∩ C) ∪ (B 0 ∩ C)

19. C − [C ∩ (A ∪ B)]
20. A0 ∩ B 0 ∩ C
B. Solve the following:
1. An insurance company classifies its applicants according to the following attributes:
M = the applicant is male
H = the applicant is a homeowner
Out of a large number of applicants the company has identified the following information:
40% of applicants are male, 40% of applicants are homeowners and 20% of applicants are female homeowners.
Find the percentage of applicants who are male and do not own a home.

2. A survey of a group’s viewing habits over the last year revealed the following information:

i 28% watched gymnastics

ii 29% watched baseball
iii 19% watched soccer
iv 14% watched gymnastics and baseball
v 12% watched baseball and soccer
vi 10% watched gymnastics and soccer

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 vii 8% watched all three sports

Calculate the percentage of the group that watched none of the three sports during the last year.

3. The percentage that a visit to a primary care physician’s (PCP) office results in neither lab work nor referral to
a specialist is 35%. Of those coming to a PCP’s office, 30% are referred to specialists and 40% require lab work.

Determine the percentage that a visit to a PCP’s office result in both lab work and referral to a special-
ist. (Hint: Cardinalities of unions of sets)

4. An urban community has estimated population of 10,000. Each person is classified as:
i young or old;
ii male or female;
iii married or single.

Of these population, 3000 are young, 4600 are male, and 7000 are married. The population can also be
classified as 1320 young males, 3010 married males, and 1400 young married persons. Finally, 600 of the
population are young married males. How many of the population are young, female and single?
5. A doctor is studying the relationship between blood pressure and heartbeat abnormalities in her patients.
She tests a random sample of her patients and notes their blood pressures (high, low, or normal) and their
heartbeats (regular or irregular). She finds that:
i 14% have high blood pressure
ii 22% have low blood pressure
iii 15% have an irregular heartbeat
iv Of those with an irregular heartbeat, one-third have high blood pressure.
v Of those with normal blood pressure, one-eighth have an irregular heartbeat.
What portion of the patients selected have a regular heartbeat and low blood pressure?
6. A survey of 100 TV viewers revealed that over the last year:

i 34 watched GMA
ii 15 watched QTV
iii 10 watched ABS
iv 7 watched GMA and QTV
v 6 watched GMA and ABS
vi 5 watched QTV and ABS
vii 4 watched GMA, QTV and ABS
viii 18 watched TV5 only
Calculate how many of the 100 TV viewers did not watched any of the four channels (GMA, QTV, ABS, and
TV5).