IMO Practice Test — Sets

6 Questions • 20 min • Olympiad level

20:00
Question 1 of 6 hard
The symmetric difference of two sets A and B, denoted by A Δ B, is mathematically equivalent to:
(A ∪ B) − (A ∩ B)
(A − B) ∩ (B − A)
(A ∪ B) ∩ (A ∩ B)
A ∪ B
Explanation: The symmetric difference is the set of elements in A or in B, but not in both. This can be expressed as (A ∪ B) − (A ∩ B) or (A − B) ∪ (B − A).