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Old 2005 April 30th, 02:48 AM   #11 (permalink)
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realized I screwed up, ignore this post

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Old 2005 April 30th, 03:52 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Old 2005 April 30th, 05:18 AM   #13 (permalink)
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I was looking for a way to draw a venn diagram. I do not know how draw that here. I got this link which has venn diagram. Please check this link.

http://www.urch.com/forums/showthrea...85%25+surveyed (Set Theory Q (consumer survey))
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Old 2005 April 30th, 06:17 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Re: sets

After checking out Scoot's link (and following the links from there), I have found the following general formulas for three-component set problems:

If there are three sets A, B, and C, then
P(AuBuC) = P(A) + P(B) + P(C) – P(AnB) – P(AnC) – P(BnC) + P(AnBnC)


Number of people in exactly one set =
P(A) + P(B) + P(C) – 2P(AnB) – 2P(AnC) – 2P(BnC) + 3P(AnBnC)


Number of people in exactly two of the sets =
P(AnB) + P(AnC) + P(BnC) – 3P(AnBnC)


Number of people in exactly three of the sets =
P(AnBnC)


Number of people in two or more sets =
P(AnB) + P(AnC) + P(BnC) – 2P(AnBnC)

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Old 2005 April 30th, 06:21 AM   #15 (permalink)
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[quote=If there are three sets A, B, and C, then
P(AnBnC) = P(A) + P(B) + P(C) – P(AnB) – P(AnC) – P(BnC) + P(AnBnC)


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shouldnt this be a UNION of sets???
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Old 2005 April 30th, 06:23 AM   #16 (permalink)
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sorry about that ish, I just fixed it
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these formulas are really good.Thanks for the trouble.
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Old 2005 April 30th, 06:27 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Let X be P(AnB) + P(AnC) + P(BnC).
Using the formulas above, we have

85 = 50+30+20-X+5

X = 20

Number of people having two or more = X - 2(AnBnC) = 20 - 10 = 10

Answer is 10
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Old 2005 May 28th, 05:22 PM   #19 (permalink)
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To add to TwinSplitter's forumla list:

No of people in atleast 1 set =
P(A) + P(B) + P(C) - P(AnB) - P(AnC) - P(BnC) + 2 P(AnBnC)

This formula can also be derived from:
No of people in atleast 1 set =
no of people in exactly 1 set + no of people in exactly 2 set + no of people in exactly 3 set



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To add to TwinSplitter's forumla list:

No of people in atleast 1 set =
P(A) + P(B) + P(C) - P(AnB) - P(AnC) - P(BnC) + 2 P(AnBnC)

This formula can also be derived from:
No of people in atleast 1 set =
no of people in exactly 1 set + no of people in exactly 2 set + no of people in exactly 3 set
Shouldnt this be

P(A) + P(B) + P(C) - P(AnB) - P(AnC) - P(BnC) + P(AnBnC)
When I add no of people in exactly 1 set with no of people in exactly 2 set I see that 3P(AnBnC) gets cancelled and then I add P(AnBnc) for exactly 3 set.
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