Discrete Mathematics with Applications 4th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 0-49539-132-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-49539-132-6

Chapter 6 - Set Theory - Exercise Set 6.3 - Page 372: 4

Answer

$A=\left \{ 1,2,3,4 \right \},B=\left \{ 2,3 \right \},C=\left \{ 3,4 \right \}\\ $

Work Step by Step

$For\,\,all\,\,sets\,\,A,\,B,\,and\,\,C\,\\ if\,\,B\cap C\subseteq A\\ \,\,then\,(A-B)\cap(A-C)=\varnothing \\ this\,\,is\,\,not\,\,true:\\ counter\,\,example\,\,:\\ A=\left \{ 1,2,3,4 \right \},B=\left \{ 2,3 \right \},C=\left \{ 3,4 \right \}\\ B\cap C=\left \{ 3 \right \}\subseteq \left \{ 1,2,3,4 \right \}=A \\ A-B=\left \{ 1,4 \right \},A-C=\left \{ 1,2 \right \}\\ but\,\,\\(A-B)\cap(A-C)=\left \{ 1,4 \right \}\cap \left \{ 1,2 \right \}=\left \{ 1 \right \}\neq \varnothing $
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