Discrete Mathematics with Applications 4th Edition

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Chapter 6 - Set Theory - Exercise Set 6.1 - Page 351: 36

Answer

$a-(0,\infty)\\ b-(4,\infty)\\ c-no\,\,W_{0},W_{1},W_{2},....are\,not\,\,mutually\,\,disjoint \\ d-(0,\infty)\\ e-(n,\infty)\\ f-(0,\infty)\\ g-\varnothing$

Work Step by Step

$W_{i}=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> i \right \}\,\,for\,all\,\,nonnegative\,\,integers\,\,i \\ this\,\,mean\,\,that\,\,W_{0}=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 0 \right \}\\ W_{1}=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 1 \right \}\\ W_{2}=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 2 \right \},W_{3}=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 3 \right \}\\ W_{4}=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 4 \right \}....W_{n}=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> n \right \}\\ {\color{Red} a-\,\,}\bigcup_{i=0}^{4}W_{i}=W_{0}\cup W_{1}\cup W_{2}\cup W_{3}\cup W_{4}=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 0 \right \}\cup \left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 1 \right \}\cup \left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 2 \right \}\cup \left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 3 \right \}\cup \left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 4 \right \}=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 0 \right \}=\left ( 0,\infty \right ) \\$ ${\color{Red} b-\,\,}\bigcap_{i=0}^{4}W_{i}=W_{0}\cap W_{1}\cap W_{2}\cap W_{3}\cap W_4=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 0 \right \}\cap \left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 1 \right \}\cap \left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 2 \right \}\cap \left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 3 \right \}\cap \left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 4 \right \}=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 4 \right \}=\left ( 4,\infty \right )$ ${\color{Red} c-\,\,}W_{0},W_{1},W_{2},W_{3},W_{4},.....\,\,are\,\,not\,\,mutually\,\,disjoint\,\,as\,\,for\,\,example \\ W_{0}\,\,\cap W_{1}=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 0 \right \}\cap \left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 1 \right \}=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 1 \right \}=\left ( 1,\infty \right )\neq \varnothing $ ${\color{Red} d-\,\,}\bigcup_{i=0}^{n}W_{i}=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 0 \right \}\cup \left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 1 \right \}\cup \left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 2 \right \}\cup ...\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> n \right \}=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 0 \right \}=\left ( 0,\infty \right ) \\ {\color{Red}e-\,\, }\bigcap_{i=0}^{n}W_{i}=W_{0}\cap W_{1}\cap W_{2}\cap ...W_{n}=\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 0 \right \}\cap \left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> 1 \right \}\cap .....\left \{ x\in \mathbb{R}\mid x> n \right \}=\left ( n,\infty \right )$ ${\color{Red} f-\,\,}\bigcup_{i=0}^{\infty }W_{i}=\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty }\bigcup_{i=0}^{n }W_{i}=\left ( 0,\infty \right ) \\ {\color{Red} g-\,\,}\bigcap_{i=0}^{\infty }W_{i}=\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty }\bigcap_{i=0}^{n}W_{i}=\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty }\left ( n,\infty \right )=\varnothing \,\,as\,\,n\,becomes\,\,\,in\! finitel\! y\,\,bigger\,\,(n,\infty)will\,not\,contain\,elements $
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