A survey of 250 students asks about their preferred streaming services. Let \(A\) = students who use Netflix, \(B\) = students who use Disney+, and \(C\) = students who use Amazon Prime. The survey finds: — \(|A| = 140\) — \(|B| = 95\) — \(|C| = 78\) — \(|A \cap B| = 32\) — \(|A \cap C| = 28\) — \(|B \cap C| = 18\) — \(|A \cap B \cap C| = 6\) **a)** Use the inclusion–exclusion principle to determine \(|A \cup B|\), the total number of students who use Netflix or Disney+ (or both). **(1 mark)** **b)** Use the inclusion–exclusion principle to determine \(|A \cup B \cup C|\), the total number of students who use at least one of these three streaming services. **(2 marks)**
Specialist Mathematics · Unit 1 · Combinatorics · Introduction to counting techniques
Use the inclusion-exclusion principle formulas to determine the number of elements in the union of two and the union of three sets. |A ∪ B| = |A| + |B| − |A ∩ B|] |A ∪ B ∪ C| = |A| + |B| + |C| − |A ∩ B| − |A ∩ C| − |B ∩ C| + |A ∩ B ∩ C|
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