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This document provides instructions for a worksheet on the real number line theme. It includes 6 questions covering topics like set theory, order properties, sign tables, and algebra and geometry of absolute values. Students are asked to draw sets on the real number line, prove properties like distributive laws and commutativity, solve inequalities using techniques like sign tables, and interpret absolute values as distances on the real number line. The due date for the completed worksheet is February 23, 2024.

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Ass1 2024

This document provides instructions for a worksheet on the real number line theme. It includes 6 questions covering topics like set theory, order properties, sign tables, and algebra and geometry of absolute values. Students are asked to draw sets on the real number line, prove properties like distributive laws and commutativity, solve inequalities using techniques like sign tables, and interpret absolute values as distances on the real number line. The due date for the completed worksheet is February 23, 2024.

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THEME 1.

1: REAL NUMBER LINE

DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This worksheet will be based upon the Lecture videos 0-0 Prelim SetTheory-
1 0 Prelim Part 0, 1 Prelim Part 1 and 2 Prelim Part 2.

There is a total of 5 questions. Total marks: 44.

1. Basic Set Theory


Watch the video 0-0 Prelim SetTheory-1 0 Prelim Part 0 before attempting.

Question 1. [2, 1, 1, 2, 2 marks]

Let R denote the set of all real numbers and let A :“ tx P R|0 ă x ď 2u and
B :“ tx P R|1 ď x ď 4u.

(i) Draw the intervals on the real number line for sets A and B.

(ii) Find each of the following:

B (b) Ac (c) pA Bqc (d) A4B.


Ť Ş
(a) A

(Here Ac denotes
Ť the complement set RzA; A4B denotes the symmetric set differ-
ence AzB BzA.)

Question 2. [6, 3 marks]

(ii) Prove the following distributive laws:


Ş Ť Ş Ť Ş
A pB Cq “ pA Bq pA Cq.

(iii) Prove that the symmetric difference is commutative:

A4B “ B4A.

2. Linear Order
Watch the video 0 Prelim Part 0 before attempting.

Question 3. [3, 4 marks] Prove the following:

(i) Given a ą 0 and b ą a, prove that


(1) b3 ą a3 .
(HINT: b3 ´ a3 “ pb ´ aqpa2 ` ab ` b2 q.)

(ii) Show that the inequality (1) still holds for a ă 0.

1
THEME 1.1: REAL NUMBER LINE DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 23, 2024

3. Sign Table Technique


Watch the video (1 Prelim Part 1) before attempting.

Question 4. [7 marks] Solve the inequality in terms of intervals and illustrate


and re-express the solutions as one-dimensional balls on the real number line:
4 2
ą
6´x 3x ´ 4
(Hint: Use the sign table technique)

4. Algebra of Absolute Value


Watch the video (2 Prelim Part 2) before attempting.

Question 5. [5, 3 marks]

(a) Solve the following inequality and re-express the solution as one-dimensional
balls on the real number line:

2
| ´ 2| ă 1.
s

(b) Prove that |a ` b ` c| ď |a| ` |b| ` |c|.

5. Geometry of Absolute Value


Question 6. [5 marks]

Solve the inequalities/equalities geometrically by interpreting the absolute value


as a statement about distances on the real line:
s s
(1) | ´ 2| “ | |
2 2

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