document.write( "Question 920171: So we are working on sets and probability and I'm completely lost. HELP please! \r
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document.write( "Let U = {-8, -4, -2, 2, 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 18}, A = {-8, -2, 5, 10, 17}, B = {-4, 2, 8, 13, 18}, and C = {-8, -4, 2, 5, 13, 17}. Find each set. (Enter ∅ for the empty set.)
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document.write( "(b) (A ∩ C)c\r
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document.write( "(c) A ∪ (B ∩ C)\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #558189 by richard1234(7193)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Do you know what ∩ (intersection) and ∪ (union) are?\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A ∩ B := set of all elements that are in A *and* B\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A ∪ B := set of all elements that are in A *or* B (or both)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The lowercase c denotes \"complement\" in this case (relative to U, universe), i.e. X^c gives the set of elements in the universe U that are *not* in X.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Given these definitions, the problems are very straightforward. \n" ); document.write( " |