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What does a venn diagram show?

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A Venn diagram is an illustration that uses circles to show the relationship among things or finite groups of things!


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A Venn diagram is a visualisation of the probability of events happening of individual events using circles. Probabilities of two events happening at once is shown (this is represented by an intersection) . Probabilities of events not happening is also represented by displaying the probability outside of a circle of an event.

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Shubham Kumar Gupta

A Venn diagram is a way to related different objects that are interconnected to each other. For example, All boys are intelligent but some boys are handsome. In this scenario, we make a bigger circle that represents intelligent and a circle inside it that will represent boys as all the boys are intelligent. Another circle representing handsome will be outside both the circles but some portion of this circle will be inside the circle with boys as some boys are handsome not all.

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Muhammad Khobaib Ijaz

Venn diagram is use to show the sets, to find their Union and intersection.

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Azida Zainol

 A Venn diagram shows the logical relation between sets by visualising the elements of the set in a diagram. It uses simple closed curves drawn on a plane to represent sets. 

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A Venn diagram is an illustration which is used to display the relationship between different groups of things which generally hold some relationship towards each-other. Anything in the area where circles overlap have a commonality with one another.

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Wenbo Deng

it shows element collection overlap area

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Adefuye Adetayo Olugbenga

Venn Diagram shows the rings of the unknown variable to be find and also the intersection among the rings or circles.

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Muhammad Junaid

Venn diagram is a method where we shown the relationship of data in Venn diagram overlapping shapes are used mostly circle sometimes other shapes those overlapped circle shows the common factors while the other sides or parts of a circle shows the difference or intersection.

 Let's take a Venn diagram example:


**Example: Types of Mobile Devices**


Suppose you want to classify different types of mobile devices according to their functions:

< br>- Group A: Smartphones (touchscreen, mobile connectivity)

Group B: Tablets (touchscreen, larger)

- Group C: Laptops (keyboard, larger)


Now let's start with a look at these relationships to see Use a Venn diagram:


- The circles in Group A (smartphones) include touchscreen features and mobile devices. The shift from (smartphones) to (tablets) includes devices with touch-screen capability and larger screens. > The intersection of these circuits indicates the possibility of combining the following in different types of equipment:


- The intersection of A and B (overlay of smartphones and tablets) will include devices such as touchscreen tablets with screen control capabilities, cellular connectivity and larger screens.

- The intersection of A and C (overlap between smartphones and laptops) can represent special devices such as touchscreen laptops or hybrid devices with some differences in terms of smart additional capabilities to the daily operation of the mobile phone. >

This Venn diagram helps you classify different types of mobile devices and understand their features and where they overlap in terms of functionality.

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Alex Okunda

A Venn diagram is a visual tool using overlapping circles to show relationships between sets. It highlights:  

1.Union: Elements in any set.  

2. Intersection: Common elements in overlapping sets.  

3. Differences: Elements unique to one set.  

4. Complements: Elements not in a specific set.  


It’s used to compare, contrast, and categorize items, showing similarities (overlaps) and differences (non-overlapping areas). Venn diagrams simplify complex relationships in math, logic, probability, and more.

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