Question

Let A = 0, 1 , B = 2, 3, 4 and C = 3, 5 verity that A x (BUC) = (AXB) U (AXC)
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Answer 1

A = {0, 1}

B = {2, 3, 4}

C = {3, 5}

Then we have

A × (B U C)

= {0, 1} × {2, 3, 4, 5}

= {{0, 2}, {0, 3}, {0, 4}, {0, 5}, {1, 2}, {1, 3}, {1, 4}, {1, 5}}

and

(A × B) U (A × C)

= {{0, 2}, {0, 3}, {0, 4}, {1, 2}, {1, 3}, {1, 4}} U {{0, 3}, {0, 5}, {1, 3}, {1, 5}}

(underlined pairs are duplicates and common to both A × B and A × C)

= {{0, 2}, {0, 3}, {0, 4}, {0, 5}, {1, 2}, {1, 3}, {1, 4}, {1, 5}}

and these two sets are clearly identical.