Question

If P and Q are two sets such that P has 40 elements, P ∪ Q has 60 elements and P ∩ Q has 10 elements, how many elements does Q have?

Answer 1

Here, we have,

n (P) = 40

n (P ∪ Q) = 60

n (P ∩ Q) =10

As we know that, n (P ∪ Q) = n (P) + n (Q) – n (P ∩ Q)

By substituting the values we get

60 = 40 + n (Q)–10

60 = 30 + n (Q)

N (Q) = 30

Thus, Q has 30 elements.