SOLUTION: Suppose you have a Venn diagram showing three sets. Call the sets A, B, and C. How many regions of the Venn diagram correspond to elements that are part of set A? Why so many?

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Question 120908: Suppose you have a Venn diagram showing three sets. Call the sets A, B, and C. How many regions of the Venn diagram correspond to elements that are part of set A? Why so many?

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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Suppose you have a Venn diagram showing three sets. 
Call the sets A, B, and C. 

Let's draw three overlapping circles:
  


How many regions of the Venn diagram correspond to 
elements that are part of set A? 

Answer: 4

Why so many? 

Answer: count them and you'll see. They are labeled
 #1, #2, #3 and #4 in the figure above.

Edwin