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Set Question involving real and natural numbers

Set Question involving real and natural numbers-example-1
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Only two real numbers satisfy x² = 23, so A is the set {-√23, √23}. B is the set of all non-negative real numbers. Then you can write the intersection in various ways, like

(i) A ∩ B = {√23} = x = √23 = x² = 23 and x > 0

√23 is positive and so is already contained in B, so the union with A adds -√23 to the set B. Then

(ii) A U B = {-√23} U B = (x² = 23 and x < 0) or x ≥ 0

A - B is the complement of B in A; that is, all elements of A not belonging to B. This means we remove √23 from A, so that

(iii) A - B = {-√23} = x ∈ R

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "for µ = R" - possibly µ is used to mean "universal set"? If so, then

(iv.a) Aᶜ = x ∈ R and Bᶜ = x < 0.

N is a subset of B, so

(iv.b) N - B = N = {1, 2, 3, ...}

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