The set S is shown in the Venn diagram below - Junior Cycle Mathematics - Question 5 - 2015
Question 5
The set S is shown in the Venn diagram below. It has 5 elements.
Some students are asked to write down subsets of S that have 3 elements each. Eoin writes down the ... show full transcript
Worked Solution & Example Answer:The set S is shown in the Venn diagram below - Junior Cycle Mathematics - Question 5 - 2015
Step 1
Write down two more subsets of S that have 3 elements each.
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Subset 1 = {a, b, c}
Subset 2 = {b, c, e}
Step 2
Explain why this is not a subset of S.
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In the set {a, b, w}, the element 'w' is not a part of set S. Therefore, {a, b, w} cannot be considered a subset of S as all elements of a subset must be contained within the parent set.
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