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What does union mean in a statistics problem?

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Explanation:

The union of two sets is the set of elements that belong to one or both sets.

Symbolically, the union of X and Y is denoted by X ∪ Y. As an example, suppose set A = {1, 2, 3} and set B = {1, 3, 5}.

Then, the union of sets A and B would be {1, 2, 3, 5}.

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