_ B means B-complement. It means the set of all elements (or members) that are in the universal set U but which are not in B. So since B = {21, 24, 25, 27}, then the set B-complement, is: _ B = {22, 23, 26} because that is the set of all the elements (members) of the universal set U that are not elements (members) of B. Since C = {23, 24, 26, 27}, then the set C-complement, is: _ C = {21, 22, 25} because that is the set of all the elements (members) of the universal set U that are not elements (members) of C. Edwin