Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Seventh Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073383090
ISBN 13: 978-0-07338-309-5

Chapter 2 - Section 2.1 - Sets - Exercises - Page 125: 3

Answer

a) The second set is a subset of the first set. b) Neither is a subset of the other. c) The first set is a subset of the second set.

Work Step by Step

a) All nonstop airline flights from New York to New Delhi are members of the set of airline flights from New York to New Delhi. b) Not all people who speak English speak Chinese, nor do all Chinese speakers speak English. c) All flying squirrels are part of the set of living creatures that can fly, but not all living creatures that can fly are flying squirrels.
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