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 6.1 - Page 350: 10

Answer

a) $$A\cup B=\{1,3,5,6,7,9\}$$ b) $$A\cap B=\{3,9\}$$ c) $$A\cup C=\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9\}$$ d) $$A\cap C=\{\}=\varnothing$$ e) $$A-B=\{1,5,7\}$$ f) $$B-A=\{6\}$$ g) $$B\cup C=\{2,3,4,6,8,9\}$$ h) $$B\cap C=\{6\}$$

Work Step by Step

$A=\{1, 3,5,7,9\}$, $B=\{3,6,9\}$, $C=\{2,4,6,8\}$ *Things to remember on operations of sets: $$X\cup Y=\{x|x\in X \lor x\in Y\}$$ (a set comprising of all elements appearing in set $X$ or set $Y$) $$X\cap Y=\{x|x\in X \land x\in Y\}$$ (a set comprising of only elements that appear both in set $X$ and set $Y$) $$X - Y=\{x|x\in X\land x\notin Y\}$$ (a set comprising of only elements that appear in set $X$ but not in set $Y$) a) $A\cup B$ Set $A$ has elements $1,3,5,7,9$ and set $B$ has elements $3,6,9$. Overall, 2 sets have elements $1,3,5,6,7,9$, which means $$A\cup B=\{1,3,5,6,7,9\}$$ b) $A\cap B$ Both sets have only 2 common elements, which are $3$ and $9$. Therefore, $$A\cap B=\{3,9\}$$ c) $A\cup C$ Set $A$ has elements $1,3,5,7,9$ and set $C$ has elements $2,4,6,8$. Overall, 2 sets have elements $1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9$, which means $$A\cup C=\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9\}$$ d) $A\cap C$ Both sets do not have any common elements. Therefore, $$A\cap C=\{\}=\varnothing$$ e) $A-B$ Set $A$ has elements $1,3,5,7,9$, but 2 elements $3$ and $9$ are also in set $B$. Therefore, these 2 elements are not included in set $A-B$. So, $$A-B=\{1,5,7\}$$ f) $B-A$ Set $B$ has elements $3,6,9$, but 2 elements $3$ and $9$ are also in set $A$. Therefore, these 2 elements are not included in set $B-A$. So, $$B-A=\{6\}$$ g) $B\cup C$ Set $B$ has elements $3,6,9$ and set $C$ has elements $2,4,6,8$. Overall, 2 sets have elements $2,3,4,6,8,9$, which means $$B\cup C=\{2,3,4,6,8,9\}$$ h) $B\cap C$ Both sets have 1 common element, which is $6$. Therefore, $$B\cap C=\{6\}$$
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