(a) An outdoor club has three sections, walking, biking and rock-climbing. Using & to denote the set of all members of the club and W, B and R to denote the members of the walking, biking and rock-climbing sections respectively, write each of the following statements using set notation.
- (a)(i)There are 72 members in the club.[1]
- (a)(ii)Every member of the rock-climbing section is also a member of the walking section.[1]
- (b)(i)On the diagram shade the region which represents the set X ∪ Y'.[1]
- (b)(ii)Using set notation express the set X ∪ Y' in an alternative way.[1]
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- [1] (a)(i) n(E) = 72 or n(W ∪ B ∪ R) = 72
- [1] (a)(ii) R ⊂ W or R ∩ W = R or R ∪ W = W or R ∩ W' = Ø
- [1] (b)(i) Diagram shaded correctly
- [1] (b)(ii) (X' ∩ Y)' or (X ∩ Y) ∪ Y' or (X ∪ Y) ∪ X or (X' ∩ Y') ∪ X
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