Logical disjunction with sets I have a question involving sets and logical disjunction, I have no idea of how to go about solving it. The question: A survey of 40 IT users established that: All of them used at least one of Word, Excel, Access 34 used Word or Access 38 used Word or Excel 30 used Word 26 used Excel 17 used Access 10 used all three packages With reference to a Venn diagram, or otherwise, calculate the number of IT users in the survey who: Used only Excel Used only Access

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2022-09-05

Logical disjunction with sets
I have a question involving sets and logical disjunction, I have no idea of how to go about solving it. The question:
A survey of 40 IT users established that:
All of them used at least one of Word, Excel, Access
34 used Word or Access
38 used Word or Excel
30 used Word
26 used Excel
17 used Access
10 used all three packages
With reference to a Venn diagram, or otherwise, calculate the number of IT users in the survey who:
Used only Excel
Used only Access

Answer & Explanation

yamalwg

yamalwg

Beginner2022-09-06Added 17 answers

ome hints for the first part. Let U be the set of 40 users, and n 1:
All of them used at least one of S 1 or ⋯ or S n :
U ( i = 1 n S i ) .
k used S 1 or ⋯ or S n :
| U ( i = 1 n S i ) | = k .
k used all of S 1 and ⋯ and S n :
| U ( i = 1 n S i ) | = k .

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