Answer to Question #344791 in Discrete Mathematics for Jiro

Question

In exercises 7-8, let X = {1 , 2} and Y = {a, b, c}. List the elements in each set.

X x Y

Answer 1

The Cartesian Product of sets X and Y is the set of all ordered pairs (x, y) such that x belongs to X and Y belongs to B,

$X×Y=\{(1,a),(1,b),(1,c),(2,a),(2,b),(2,c)\}.$