13.

En una encuesta realizada en un Super Mercado a 400 amas de casa

sobre sus preferencias de 3 productos A, B y C; se obtuvo el siguiente
ACTIVIDAD DE
resultado:
El número de amas de casa que consume los 3 productos es:
CONJUNTOS
1/4 de los que consumen solamente el producto A
1/5 de los que consumen solamente el producto B
1/3 de los que consumen solamente el producto C
1/2 de los que consumen los productos A y B
1/3 de los que consumen los productos B y C
1/3 de los que consumen los productos A y C

Si 40 amas de casa declararon no consumir ninguno de los 3 productos,

hallar:
a) ¿Cuántas amas de casa consumen un solo producto?
b) ¿Cuántas amas de casa consumen al menos dos productos?

14. El registro central de la Universidad de Lima proporcionó los siguientes

datos, respecto a un grupo de 300 estudiantes del primer ciclo:
155 están inscritos en el curso A, 170 en el curso B y 110 en el curso C, 85
están inscritos en A y B, 70 en B y C, 50 en A y C y 35 en los 3 cursos.
Determinar el número de inscritos en:
a) El curso A pero no en C.
b) Ninguno de los 3 cursos.

15. Propón 5 aplicaciones del tema según tu contexto.

PREGUNTAS TIPO IB

1. The sports offered at a retirement village are Golf (G), Tennis (T) and
Swimming (S). The Venn diagram shows the numbers of people
involved in each activity.

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G T
11 6

1 3
4

4
8
S
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(a) How many people

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 (i) only play golf?

(ii) play both tennis and golf?

(iii) do not play golf?

(b) Shade the part of the Venn diagram that represents the set
G∩S.

2. Let = {x : 1 ≤ x < 17, x }.

P , Q and R are the subsets of such that

P = {multiples of four};

Q = {factors of 36};

R = {square numbers}.

(a) List the elements of

(i)

(ii) P ∩ Q ∩ R.

(b) Describe in words the set P U Q.

(c) (i) Draw a Venn diagram to show the relationship between

sets P, Q and R.

(ii) Write the elements of in the appropriate places on the

Venn diagram.

3. Let

= {positive integers less than 15};

X= {multiples of 2};

Y = {multiples of 3}.

(a) Show, in a Venn diagram, the relationship between the sets ,

X and Y.

(b) List the elements of:

(i) X∩Y

(ii) X ∩ Y.
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4. A group of 30 children are surveyed to find out which of the three
sports cricket (C), basketball (B) or volleyball (V) they play. The results
are as follows:

3 children do not play any of these sports

2 children play all three sports
6 play volleyball and basketball
3 play cricket and basketball
6 play cricket and volleyball
16 play basketball
12 play volleyball.

(a) Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate the relationship between the

three sports played.

(b) On your Venn diagram indicate the number of children that

belong to each region.

(c) How many children play only cricket?

5. In a survey of 52 students it was found that 30 study Spanish and 15

have computers. Seven of the students who study Spanish also have
computers.

(a) Copy and complete this table.

Study Do not study

Spanish Spanish Total
Have computers
Do not have
computers
Total 52

(b) Draw and label fully a Venn diagram to illustrate this

information. Use U to represent the set of all students surveyed,
S the set of students who study Spanish and C the set of
students who have computers.

(c) Describe, in words, the set represented by C U S´.

(d) Find n(C U S´).

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A student is selected at random to attend a computer workshop

given in Spanish.
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 (i) has a computer and studies Spanish?

(ii) as a computer but does not study Spanish?

(iii) as a computer if he/she studies Spanish?

6. In a club with 60 members, everyone attends either on Tuesday for

Drama (D) or on Thursday for Sports (S) or on both days for Drama and
Sports.

One week it is found that 48 members attend for Drama and 44

members attend for Sports and x members attend for both Drama
and Sports.

(a) (i) Draw and label fully a Venn diagram to illustrate this
information.

(ii) Find the number of members who attend for both Drama
and Sports.

(iii) Describe, in words, the set represented by (D ∩ S)'.

(iv) What is the probability that a member selected at

random attends for Drama only or Sports only?

The club has 28 female members, 8 of whom attend for both Drama
and Sports.

(b) What is the probability that a member of the club selected at

random

(i) is female and attends for Drama only or Sports only?

(ii) is male and attends for both Drama and Sports?

7. On a particular day 100 children are asked to make a note of what

they drank that day.

They are given three choices: water (W), coffee (C) or fruit juice (F)

1 child drank only water.

6 children drank only coffee.
8 children drank only fruit juice.
5 children drank all three.
7 children drank water and coffee only.
53 children drank coffee and fruit juice only.
18 children drank water and fruit juice only.
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(a) Represent the above information on a Venn Diagram.

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 (c) A child is chosen at random. Find the probability that the child
drank

(i) coffee;

(ii) water or fruit juice but not coffee;

(iii) no fruit juice, given that the child did drink water.

(d) Two children are chosen at random. Find the probability that
both children drank all three choices.

8. Shade the given region on the corresponding Venn Diagram.

(a) A ∩ B
U
A B

(b) C U B
U
A B

(c) (A U B U C)´
U
A B

C
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 (d) A ∩ C´
U
A B

9. A school jazz band contains three different musical instruments ―

saxophone (S), clarinet (C) and drums (D). Students in the band are
able to play one, two or three different instruments.
In a class of 40 IB students, 25 belong to the jazz band. Out of these 25

3 can play all three instruments

5 can play the saxophone and clarinet only
5 can play at least the clarinet and drums
7 can play at least the saxophone and drums
16 can play the saxophone
12 can play the clarinet.

(a) Draw a Venn Diagram and clearly indicate the numbers in

each region.

(b) Show that the number of students who play the drums only is 5.

(c) Find the probability that a student chosen at random from the
IB class plays only the saxophone.

(d) Find the probability that a student chosen at random from the
IB class plays either the clarinet or drums or both.

(e) Given that a student plays the saxophone, find the probability
that he also plays the clarinet.

10. Write down an expression to describe the shaded area on the

following Venn diagrams:
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 (a) U (b) U
A B A B

(c) U (d) U
A B
A B

11. Children in a class of 30 students are asked whether they can swim
(S) or ride a bicycle (B).

There are 12 girls in the class. 8 girls can swim, 6 girls can ride a
bicycle and 4 girls can do both.

16 boys can swim, 13 boys can ride a bicycle and 12 boys can do
both. This information is represented in a Venn diagram.

U Boys Girls

S
a

4
12
B
b 2

(a) Find the values of a and b.

(b) Calculate the number of students who can do neither.

(c) Write down the probability that a student chosen at random

can swim.

(d) Given that the student can ride a bicycle, write down the
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probability that the student is a girl.

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12. (a) Shade (A U B) ∩ C′ on the diagram below.

U
A B C

(b) In the Venn diagram below, the number of elements in each

region is given.
Find n ((P ∩ Q) U R).

U
P 2 3 1 Q

6
4 5

(c) U is the set of positive integers, +.

E is the set of even numbers.
M is the set of multiples of 3.

(i) List the first six elements of the set M.

(ii) List the first six elements of the set E′ ∩ M.

13. Write down an expression to describe the shaded area on the

following Venn diagrams:
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 (a) U (b) U
A B A B

(c) U (d) U
A B
A B

14. A committee U has three sub-committees: research R, finance F

and purchasing P. No member belongs to both finance and
purchasing sub-committees. Some members belong to both research
and purchasing committees. All members of the finance sub-
committee also belong to the research sub-committee.

Draw a Venn diagram, showing the relationship between the sets U,

R, F and P.

15. The sets U, P, R and S are defined as follows:

U = {all quadrilaterals}
P = {all parallelograms}
R = {all rectangles}
S = {all squares}

(a) Draw a Venn Diagram illustrating the relationships of the above

sets.

(b) Draw a separate Venn Diagram for each of the examples

below.
Indicate by shading each of the following:

(i) (P ∩ S)´

(ii) (R U S) ∩ P
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