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• 1 Post By coolge
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1. A quick question about carnality of sets

I can't figure this out, it seems almost like a trick question.
When is |A u B| = |A| + |B|?

I'm not even sure what type of answer my professor is looking for so I've been working with quantifiers.

Using quantifiers the closest to the correct answer I can come up with is something like this:
|A u B| = |A| + |B| when "for all"x(x is an element of A and x is an element of B), but it still doesn't satisfy the problem
Thank you

2. Re: A quick question about carnality of sets

when A intersection B is empty. |AUB| = |A| + |B| - |A \intersect B|

3. Re: A quick question about carnality of sets

Thank you. If that's the case, then when is |A n B| = |A| + |B|?
Would it be when A u B is empty?

4. Re: A quick question about carnality of sets

Indeed as coolge said, when you do $|A \cup B|$ the intersection only gets counted once, but |A| + |B|, would mean the intersection gets counted twice. So they are equal precisely when there is nothing in the intersection.
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