- (a)
Explain why A is a proper subset of B without listing down the elements.
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- (b)
Draw a Venn diagram and list down the elements to illustrate the above information.
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17(a)
1. Show that all elements of $A$ are also elements of $B$.
A prime number has exactly two distinct factors, namely and itself. Therefore every prime number has at least distinct factors, so every element of is in . Hence .
2. Show that $A$ is not equal to $B$, so the subset is proper.
There are numbers in that are not prime, for example has at least distinct factors but is not prime. Hence contains at least one element not in , so and is a proper subset of .
Every prime number has exactly two distinct factors, and itself, so every element of is in . Also, there is at least one number in that is not prime, e.g. has at least two distinct factors but is not prime. Hence is a proper subset of .
17(b)
1. Write the universal set and identify the elements of $A$.
The universal set is
The prime numbers in this set are
2. Place elements correctly in the Venn diagram according to $A \subset B$.
Since is a proper subset of , draw entirely inside .
Numbers in but not in have at least distinct factors but are not prime:
The only element not in is
So place inside ; place inside but outside ; place outside but inside .
Draw a rectangle labelled with a circle inside it and a smaller circle entirely inside .
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