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Ch. P - Fundamental Concepts of Algebra
Blitzer - College Algebra 8th Edition
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Chapter 1, Problem 23

Find the intersection of the sets. {s,e,t}∩{t,e,s}

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Identify the two sets given: Set A = \({\{s, e, t\}}\) and Set B = \({\{t, e, s\}}\).
Recall that the intersection of two sets, denoted by \({\cap}\), consists of all elements that are common to both sets.
List the elements of Set A and check which of these elements also appear in Set B.
Since both sets contain the elements \({s}\), \({e}\), and \({t}\), all elements are common to both sets.
Therefore, the intersection \({\{s, e, t\} \cap \{t, e, s\}}\) is the set containing all these common elements.

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