April
1999 QUESTION 1 (Compulsory) Total Marks: 20 Marks |
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(a) | Let A be the null set. | |
(i) What is the cardinality of A? | [1] | |
(ii) What is the cardinality of the power set P(A)? | [1] | |
(iii) What is the cardinality of the power set P(P(A))? | [1] | |
(iv) List the elements of the power set
P(P(P(A))).
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(b) | Consider the following statement " basketball players x, x is tallWhich of the following are equivalent ways of expressing this statement? |
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(i) Every basketball player is tall. | ||
(ii) Some basketball players are tall. | ||
(iii) Some of all tall people are basketball players. | ||
(iv) Anyone who is tall is a basketball player. | ||
(v) All people who are basketball players are
tall
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(c) | (i) How many ways can the letters of the word DESIGN be arranged in a row? | [1] |
(ii) How many ways can the letters of the word
DESIGN be arranged in a row if G and N must remain next to each other as either GN or NG?
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(d) | Given the matrices
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(e) | Calculate the inverse of the function f(x) = 10 - 2x
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(f) | Prove by induction that n3 - n is divisible by 6 for n ³ 1. | [5] |