If A×B={(p,q),(p,r),(m,q),(m,r)}\mathrm{A} \times \mathrm{B}=\{(p, q),(p, r),(m, q),(m, r)\}, find A\mathrm{A} and B\mathrm{B}.

Answer: A = {p,m}\{p, m\} and B = {q,r}\{q, r\}

Step-by-step solution

Step 1: Understand Cartesian Product

The Cartesian product of two sets, A and B, denoted as A×BA \times B, is the set of all possible ordered pairs where the first element of each pair comes from set A and the second element comes from set B. Each element from A is paired with every element from B.

Step 2: Identify Elements of Set A

From the definition of the Cartesian product, the first element of every ordered pair in A×BA \times B must belong to set A. We examine the given set A×B={(p,q),(p,r),(m,q),(m,r)}A \times B = \{(p, q),(p, r),(m, q),(m, r)\} and collect all unique first elements.

Step 3: Determine Set A

The first elements in the given ordered pairs are p,p,m,mp, p, m, m. Collecting the unique first elements gives us set A as {p,m}\{p, m\}.

Step 4: Identify Elements of Set B

Similarly, the second element of every ordered pair in A×BA \times B must belong to set B. We examine the given set A×B={(p,q),(p,r),(m,q),(m,r)}A \times B = \{(p, q),(p, r),(m, q),(m, r)\} and collect all unique second elements.

Step 5: Determine Set B

The second elements in the given ordered pairs are q,r,q,rq, r, q, r. Collecting the unique second elements gives us set B as {q,r}\{q, r\}.

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