Venn diagrams Explanations

Venn Diagrams

Venn diagrams are part of the assessment that many people struggle with. You have to teach yourself to look at each question in the same way and not to rely too much on your feelings. Many assignments are designed to mislead you, so if you only rely on your feelings, you will make mistakes. Below is an example where you cannot rely on your feelings.

Which figure best represents the relationship between the following three collections?

1. Pancakes
2. Syrup
3. Syrup Bottles

You might think, you can put syrup in a syrup bottle and use the syrup bottle to put the syrup on your pancake. However, this does not lead you to the correct answer. The question is always whether there is an overlap between the collections.

Therefore always ask yourself:

• Can syrup sometimes, always or never be a pancake? And vice versa?
• Can syrup sometimes, always or never be a syrup bottle? And vice versa?
• Can a syrup bottle always or never be a pancake? And vice versa?

All these questions are answered with “never” in this case, so the correct answer must be A. The collections are completely separate from each other.