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? asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 9 years ago

How to do this Cartesian Product of three sets?

A={1,2,3}

B={u,v}

C={c,m}

list the elements of the following sets.

1. Ax(BxC)

2. (AxB)xC

3. AxBxC

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  • 9 years ago
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    B = {u, v}

    C = {c, m}

    Cartesian Product: B [X] C = set of all ordered pairs from B and C

    D = B [X] C ={(u,c), (u,m), (v,c), (v,m)}

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    A = {1, 2, 3}

    D = {(u,c), (u,m), (v,c), (v,m)}

    Cartesian Product: A [X] D = A [X] ( B [X] C ) = set of all ordered pairs from A and D

    E = A [X] ( B [X] C ) = {(1,u,c), (1,u,m), (1,v,c), (1,v,m), (2,u,c), (2,u,m), (2,v,c), (2,v,m), (3,u,c), (3,u,m), (3,v,c), (3,v,m)}

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    A = {1, 2, 3}

    B = {u, v}

    Cartesian Product: A [X] B = set of all ordered pairs from A and B

    F = A [X] B = {(1,u), (1,v), (2,u), (2,v), (3,u), (3,v)}

    C = {c, m}

    Cartesian Product: F [X] C = ( A [X] B ) [X] C = set of all ordered pairs from F and C

    G = ( A [X] B ) [X] C = {(1,u,c), (1,u,m), (1,v,c), (1,v,m), (2,u,c), (2,u,m), (2,v,c), (2,v,m), (3,u,c), (3,u,m), (3,v,c), (3,v,m)}

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    comparing E & G

    E = A [X] ( B [X] C ) = {(1,u,c), (1,u,m), (1,v,c), (1,v,m), (2,u,c), (2,u,m), (2,v,c), (2,v,m), (3,u,c), (3,u,m), (3,v,c), (3,v,m)}

    G = ( A [X] B ) [X] C = {(1,u,c), (1,u,m), (1,v,c), (1,v,m), (2,u,c), (2,u,m), (2,v,c), (2,v,m), (3,u,c), (3,u,m), (3,v,c), (3,v,m)}

    so

    A [X] ( B [X] C ) = ( A [X] B ) [X] C = A [X] B [X] C = {(1,u,c), (1,u,m), (1,v,c), (1,v,m), (2,u,c), (2,u,m), (2,v,c), (2,v,m), (3,u,c), (3,u,m), (3,v,c), (3,v,m)}

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Cartesian Product Calculator

  • frith
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Cartesian Product Example

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