If you were to find the GCF of 20 and 36. Draw 2 overlapping circles. List "20" above one of the circles and "36" above the other. In the circle under "20", list the factors of 20 that are NOT factors of 36- 1, 5, 10, 20. In the other circle, list the factors of 36 that are NOT factors of 20- 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 36. The factors that 20 and 36 that are in common are listed in the overlapping part of the circle or intersection- 2, 4. The greatest number in common is 4 (GCF). In other words, the largest number listed in the intersection is the GCF.
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is the result after doing intersection on 2 or more sets. It contains the elements which are common to all the sets on which intersection were done.
No, because the intersection of two equivalent sets will have a union the same size as its intersection.
Disjoint sets are sets whose intersection, denoted by an inverted U), produces the null or the empty set. If a set is not disjoint, then it is called joint. [ex. M= {1,2,A} N = {4,5,B}. S intersection D is a null set, so M and N are disjoint sets.
The intersection of two sets S and T is the set of all elements that belong to both S and T.