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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how do you prove this equation with law of theory?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

bring in demorgans laws a couple times

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay that was wrong sorry

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you can pretend im not watching XD

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\lnot [( A\cap \lnot B)\cup (\lnot B\cup C)]\] use demorgan to get \[\lnot(A \cap \lnot B)\cap \lnot(\lnot B\cup C)\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

then use it again for each piece

OpenStudy (anonymous):

get \[(\lnot A\cap B)\cap (B \cup \lnot C)\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you mean this ? ¬[(¬A∩B)∪(B∪¬C)∩(¬A∩C)]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

then \[(\lnot A\cap B)\cap (B \cup \lnot C)\cup (A\cap \lnot C)\] is what i get

OpenStudy (anonymous):

then rewrite the left two parentheses

OpenStudy (anonymous):

iSee, but how do you get that step down to (B∩¬C)? thats where it confuses me

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\(X\cap (Y\cup Z)=(X\cap Y)\cup (X\cap Z)\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so get rid of the intersection between the first two parentheses, by writing it as a union of intersections

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[(\lnot A\cap B)\cap (B \cup \lnot C)\cup (A\cap \lnot C)\] \[(\lnot A\cap B\cap B)\cup (\lnot A\cap B \cap C)\cup (A\cap \lnot C)\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

damn a typo

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[(\lnot A\cap B\cap B)\cup (\lnot A\cap B \cap\lnot C)\cup (A\cap \lnot C)\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now that everything is a union, you can remove the parentheses also of course \(B\cap B=B\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

do you mean i can remove all the parentheses and recombine every term?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you can reorder them

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so when is this reordering thing valid ? can i just do it in the very first step ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no because you have the \(\lnot\) if front of the first parentheses

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now you have nothing but unions

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[(\lnot A\cap B\cap B)\cup (\lnot A\cap B \cap\lnot C)\cup (A\cap \lnot C)\] \[(\lnot A\cap B)\cup (\lnot A\cap B\cap \lnot C)\cup (A\cap \lnot C)\] \[(\lnot A\cap B\cap \lnot C)\cup (A\cap \lnot C)\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can i see ∩ and ∪ as regular operator + and -?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

not really

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i can see how you get down to last step, it just doesnt quite make sense too me . sigh

OpenStudy (anonymous):

then \[(\lnot A\cap B\cap \lnot C)\cup (A\cap \lnot C)\] \[(B\cap \lnot C)\] as \[(\lnot X\cap Y)\cup (X\cap Y)=Y\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh maybe i made a mistake i didn't write it out on paper first let me do that

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i did make a mistake, there are several more steps

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i think we can do this, but it is going to take a minute or two, especially to write it out it is a lot of changing stuff

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lol, omg im feel bad for this. but thanks for doing this

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok first the original question \[\lnot [( A\cap \lnot B)\cup (\lnot B\cup C)]\cup (A\cap \lnot C)\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

we want to write everything as a union, so we can commute the last part we do not need to touch, because it is already \(\cup (A\cap \lnot C)\) so we leave it alone and concentrate on \[\lnot [( A\cap \lnot B)\cup (\lnot B\cup C)]\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

bring the \(\lnot \) inside the parentheses by turning the \(\cap\) into a \(\cup\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

damn another typo

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\lnot [( A\cap \lnot B)\cup (\lnot B\cap C)]\]\[=[\lnot ( A\cap \lnot B)\cap (\lnot B\cap C)]\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

there i finally got it right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now bring the \(\lnot\) inside both parentheses

OpenStudy (anonymous):

damn i cannot seem to write this correctly sorry

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lol, its all right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\lnot [( A\cap \lnot B)\cup (\lnot B\cap C)]\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

there that is what we concentrate on i had it wrong okay

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\lnot [( A\cap \lnot B)\cup (\lnot B\cap C)]\] \[=[\lnot ( A\cap \lnot B)\cap \lnot(\lnot B\cap C)]\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now bring in the \(\lnot\) again

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[=[(\lnot A\cup B)\cap (B\cup \lnot C)]\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now demorgan distributive law twice

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[((\lnot A\cup B)\cap B)\cup (\lnot (A\cup B)\cap \lnot C)\] for the first one

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now distribute again

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[(\lnot A\cap B)\cup (B\cap B)\cup (\lnot A\cap \lnot C)\cup (B\cap\lnot C)\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now we can bring back the \(\cup (A\cap \lnot C)\) and reorder

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[(B\cap B)=B\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and \[(A\cap \lnot C)\cup (\lnot A\cap \lnot C)=\lnot C\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and \((\lnot A\cap B)\subset B\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and also \((B\cap \lnot C)\subset B\) and also \(\subset \lnot C\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so you are left with \(B\cup \lnot C\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sorry it took so long

OpenStudy (anonymous):

nono, my you good . thanks soo much

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yw

OpenStudy (anonymous):

with a bagel

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