(A ∪ B) ∩ (B ∩ C') Substitute the sets for the letters: ({2, 4, 6} ∪ {1, 2, 5, 8}) ∩ ({1, 2, 5, 8} ∩ {1, 3, 7}') As in algebra, we work inside parentheses first: First we find this complement set {1, 3, 7}' whose elements are all the elements of U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} which are NOT elements of {1, 3, 7}. That's {2, 4, 5, 6, 8}. So replace {1, 3, 7}' by {2, 4, 5, 6, 8}, and now we have: ({2, 4, 6} ∪ {1, 2, 5, 8}) ∩ ({1, 2, 5, 8} ∩ {2, 4, 5, 6, 8}) Next we find this union {2, 4, 6} ∪ {1, 2, 5, 8} by taking all the elements that are elements of either {2, 4, 6} or {1, 2, 5, 8}, or both. That's the set {1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8}. So we replace {2, 4, 6} ∪ {1, 2, 5, 8} by {1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8} and now we have: {1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8} ∩ ({1, 2, 5, 8} ∩ {2, 4, 5, 6, 8}) Next we find the intersection {1, 2, 5, 8} ∩ {2, 4, 5, 6, 8} by taking only the elements which are contained in both {1, 2, 5, 8} and {2, 4, 5, 6, 8}. That's the set {2, 5, 8} So we replace {1, 2, 5, 8} ∩ {2, 4, 5, 6, 8} by {2, 5, 8} {1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8} ∩ {2, 5, 8} One more step. We find the intersection {1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8} ∩ {2, 5, 8} by taking only the elements which are contained in both {1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8} and {2, 5, 8} That's the set {2, 5, 8}. So that's the final answer: {2, 5, 8} Edwin