Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
Twenty tickets are numbered to . Let be the event "the number is a multiple of ", and let be the event "the number is a multiple of ". Find , and . Then find and , and show that they are equal. Last, find .
Use , and . For three events add the three singles, take away the three pairs and add the triple. De Morgan: .
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. The counts. , so . , so . Only is in both, so .
Step 2. The union. .
Step 3. Neither. . Now count directly: the tickets that are not multiples of and not multiples of are in number. De Morgan's law holds.
Step 4. The complement of the overlap. . This equals , which is the second law.
Answer: , , , and .
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