Solutions to the Venn Diagrams Handout

1. Let n(U ) = 100, n(A) = 20, n(A ∪ B) = 70 and n(A ∩ B) = 5.

(a) Fill in the given Venn diagram by giving the number of elements in each given region.
(b) Determine |B|. |B| = 55

A B

15 5 50

30

2. Let A and B be subsets of the universal set U . Fill in the Venn diagram below by using the
following data to determine the appropriate number of elements in each basic region.
n(U ) = 90, n(Ā) = 42, n(Ā ∩ B) = 30, n(A ∩ B) = 10

A B

38 10 30

12
3. Let R, S, and T be subsets of the universal set U . Use the data given below to fill in the
number of elements in each basic region.
n(U ) = 68, n(R ∪ S ∪ T ) = 56, n(R ∩ T̄ ) = 30, n(R ∩ S) = 12, n(R ∩ T ) = 5, n(S ∩ T̄ ) = 15,
n(S̄ ∩ T ) = 9, n(R ∩ S ∩ T ) = 4.

U
R
12
22

8 1
4
7 8
6

S T

4. One hundred male college students were surveyed. Twenty of the students were members of
a fraternity, five were honors students, 77 were neither members of a fraternity nor honors
students, and 18 were members of a fraternity but not honors students.

(a) Fill in the given Venn diagram and determine the number of elements in each basic
region.
(b) How many honors students do not belong to a fraternity? |H − F | = 3
(c) How many fraternity members are honors students? |H ∩ F | = 2

F H

18 2 3

77
5. A survey was made to determine the popularity of hockey, baseball and football. Of those sur-
veyed, 35% watched hockey, 58% watched baseball and 47% watched football. 15% watched
hockey and baseball, 20% watched baseball and football and 22% watched hockey and foot-
ball. 7% watched all three.

(a) What percentage of those surveyed watched only baseball? |B − (F ∪ H)| = 30%
(b) What percentage watched hockey and football but not baseball? |(F ∩ H) − B| = 15%

U
B
10
30

13 8
7
12 5
15

F H

6. A grand jury questioned 70 persons. 40 were lawyers, 23 were women and 21 were under
indictment. There were 12 female lawyers, 5 indicted women and 14 indicted lawyers. Two
of the indicted lawyers were women.

(a) How many of the lawyers were not under indictment? |L − I| = 26

(b) How many of the indicted women were not lawyer? |(W ∩ I) − L| = 3

U
L
15
16

10 12
2
8 4
3

W I