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 the universal set U=(Sligo,Galway,Mayo,Roscommon,Leitrim}.

A= the counties in U that have an even number of letters in their name.

(a)  list the elements in A 

A = 

B =the counties in U that have a prime number of letters in their name.

(b) list the elements in B.

B=

can you please explain how you can do this thx in advance .

 Nov 23, 2014

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A =  {Galway, Mayo}    ..... these each have an even number of letters

B = {Sligo, Leitrim}      ........each has a prime number of letters..i.e., 5 and 7

"Roscommon" belongs to neither set.......its number of letters - 9 - is neither even, nor prime

 Nov 23, 2014
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Sligo has 5 letters

Galway has 6 letters

May has 4 letters

Roscommon has 9 letters

Leitrim has 7 letters

To answer part a: Which of these names have an even number of letters? List those names in set A:

     A  =  {          }

To answer part b: Which of these names have a prime number of letters? List those names in set B:

     B  =  {         }

If there are no answers that fit, leave the set empty. If there are more than one answer, list all answers, placing commas between answers. 

 Nov 23, 2014
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A =  {Galway, Mayo}    ..... these each have an even number of letters

B = {Sligo, Leitrim}      ........each has a prime number of letters..i.e., 5 and 7

"Roscommon" belongs to neither set.......its number of letters - 9 - is neither even, nor prime

CPhill Nov 23, 2014

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