Sets: Complement of Sets

What is the complement of a set?

• The complement of a set is the set of all elements that are not in the given set.

• The complement of a set is the set of all elements in the given set.

• The complement of a set is the set of all elements in the universal set that are not in the given set.

• The complement of a set is the set of all elements in the universal set.

If set A contains elements {1, 2, 3} and the universal set is {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, what is the complement of set A?

If set B contains elements {a, b, c} and the universal set is {a, b, c, d, e}, what is the complement of set B?

If the universal set is {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and the complement of set C is {2, 4}, what are the elements of set C?

If the universal set is {a, b, c, d, e} and the complement of set D is {c, d}, what are the elements of set D?

If the complement of set E is the empty set, what are the elements of set E?

• All possible elements in the universal set

• Only one element in the universal set

• Some elements in the universal set

• No elements in set E

If the universal set is {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and the complement of set F is {1, 3, 5}, what are the elements of set F?

If the universal set is {a, b, c, d, e} and the complement of set G is {a, b, c, d, e}, what are the elements of set G?

If the complement of set H is the universal set, what are the elements of set H?

If set I contains elements {1, 2, 3} and the universal set is {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, what is the complement of set I?