Question 169451:  Given  A =  { 2, 4, 8 , 9 },  B  = { 5. 8. 9 },   C = { 8, 11, 12, 17 }  AND Universal Set  U =  { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17}  
 
find    
a)    A U C         
b) the intersection of A and B      
c) the complement   
d)  B U A U C   
 
 Answer by chiefman(11)      (Show Source): 
You can  put this solution on YOUR website! (a)A U C is 
{2,4,5,8,9}ie its the set of all elements that are in A and B 
(b)Aintersection B becomes 
{8,9} ie its the set of all alike elements in Aand B 
(c)your question seems to be incomplete since there should be a set of elements  say A or B that you should complement with U. 
Assuming the question was  A'(A complement)then we would have; 
{1,3,5,6,7,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17}ie all elements in U that aren't in A 
(d)B U A U C 
first find B U A which is {2,4,5,8,9} 
then(B U A) U C which becomes {2,4,5,8,9,11,12,17}and hence the answer. 
 
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