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O-LevelAdditional MathematicsFunctions4037/22 · May/June 2011 · Q24 Marks

(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.

  1. (a)(i)There are 72 members in the club.[1]
  2. (a)(ii)Every member of the rock-climbing section is also a member of the walking section.[1]
  3. (b)(i)On the diagram shade the region which represents the set X ∪ Y'.[1]
  4. (b)(ii)Using set notation express the set X ∪ Y' in an alternative way.[1]

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  1. [1] (a)(i) n(E) = 72 or n(W ∪ B ∪ R) = 72
  2. [1] (a)(ii) R ⊂ W or R ∩ W = R or R ∪ W = W or R ∩ W' = Ø
  3. [1] (b)(i) Diagram shaded correctly
  4. [1] (b)(ii) (X' ∩ Y)' or (X ∩ Y) ∪ Y' or (X ∪ Y) ∪ X or (X' ∩ Y') ∪ X

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Topic
Functions, O-Level Additional Mathematics (syllabus 4037). Structured question, 4 marks.
Source
O-Level Additional Mathematics, May/June 2011 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 2.

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