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Union, intersection and difference

Mathematics — first biennium · Lesson

Sets

Union, intersection and difference

In set operations, what matters is which elements satisfy the condition, not the order in which they are written.

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What you need to know before the exercises

In this lesson: Compute union, intersection and difference of finite sets while interpreting the symbols correctly.

How to proceed: Read the symbol before listing elements: ∪ takes those present in at least one set, ∩ only common elements, and \ takes elements of the first set that are not in the second.

You can already assume: Subsets and inclusion.

Try it now

Compute the requested union and write the result inside braces.

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How to reason

Read the symbol before listing elements: ∪ takes those present in at least one set, ∩ only common elements, and \ takes elements of the first set that are not in the second.

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Write the set inside braces, for example {1,2,3}. Element order does not matter.

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