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Given B = {a, l, g, e, b, r} and C = {m, y, t, h}, find B ∪ C.

a - {}
b - {a}
c - {a, b, e, g, h, l, m, r, t, y}

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The union of two sets
B and
C, written
B\cup C, is that set that contains all elements that are members of one (or more) of the sets:

B\cup C = \x\in B \lor x\in C\

Thus:

B\cup C =\{a,l,g,e,b,r\}\cup\{m,y,t,h\}=\{x|x\in \{a,l,g,e,b,r\} \lor x\in \{m,y,t,h\}\}={\{a,b,e,g,h,l,m,r,t,y\}
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