Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Seventh Edition

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.2 - Set Operations - Exercises - Page 137: 44

Answer

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The largest $A \cup B$ will be is if $A$ and $B$ are disjoint (then it will contain all of the elements). But even then, it will only be of order $|A| + |B|$, which is finite since $A$ and $B$ are finite. Thus the union is finite.
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