SOLUTION: Let U denotes the set of all students who applied for admission to fresman class at faber college for the upcoming academic year, and let A = {x∈U|x is successful applicant}

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Question 1054310: Let U denotes the set of all students who applied for admission to fresman class at faber college for the upcoming academic year, and let
A = {x∈U|x is successful applicant}
B = {x∈U|x is a female student who enrolled in the freshman class}
C = {x∈U|x is a male student who enrolled in the freshman class}
Determine which of the following statements are true.
i) A ⊆ C
ii) C ⊆ A
iii) A ⊆ B

a. ii) only
b. ii) and iii) only
c. i) only
d. i) and ii) only
e. All are true
Please help. Thank you

Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
i) This is saying that A is a subset of C, or the successful applicants is a subset of the male freshman students.

ii) This is saying that C is a subset of A, or the male freshman students are a subset of the successful applicants.

iii) This is saying that A is a subset of B, or the successful applicants is a subset of the female freshman students.

The only correct choice is ii) only, since the applicants include the male and female freshmen students.

The answer is .

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