Click here to go to the Polygon Sort link to investigate the union of two sets.

Click on the Polygon Sort activity to begin.

Complete the following questions related to the activity.

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  1. After you have sorted the shapes completely, use set notation to list the sets corresponding to the diagram.

  1. Represent the sets in a Venn diagram.

 

  1. Describe in words the intersection of the two sets.

 

  1. Describe in words the union of the sets.

 

In Lesson 1A, you were introduced to the idea of complement. Now, you will extend this idea to include the complement of the union of two sets.

The complement of the set X Y is the set of elements that are members of the universal set U but are not in X Y . It is denoted by ( X Y ) ' .