Consider the following statement. For all sets A and B, ((A° U B°) -A) = A. An alternative proof is shown in Appendix B. Proof: Suppose A and B are any sets. Then, ((AC U Bº) - A) C = ((Ac U Bc) n Ac)c = (Acn (Aº U Bc)) = = = || || by the set difference law by the commutative law for n ((Aºn Aº) U (Aºn B)) by the distributive law (AC U (Aºn B°)) ---Select--- (AC)C ---Select--- ---Select--- = A X X

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Consider the following statement.
For all sets A and B, ((A° U B°) -A) = A.
An alternative proof is shown in Appendix B.
Proof: Suppose A and B are any sets. Then,
((AC U Bº) - A) C =
=
=
=
=
|| ||
((AC U Bc) n Ac)c
(Acn (Aº U Bc))
((Aºn Aº) U (Aºn B)) by the distributive law
(AC U (Aºn B°))
---Select---
(AC)C
---Select---
---Select---
by the set difference law
by the commutative law for n
= A
X
X
Transcribed Image Text:Consider the following statement. For all sets A and B, ((A° U B°) -A) = A. An alternative proof is shown in Appendix B. Proof: Suppose A and B are any sets. Then, ((AC U Bº) - A) C = = = = = || || ((AC U Bc) n Ac)c (Acn (Aº U Bc)) ((Aºn Aº) U (Aºn B)) by the distributive law (AC U (Aºn B°)) ---Select--- (AC)C ---Select--- ---Select--- by the set difference law by the commutative law for n = A X X
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