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Find sets A, B and C such that A ∩ B, B ∩ C and A ∩ C are non-empty sets and A ∩ B ∩ C = f.

Let us assume, A {0, 1}


B = {1, 2}


And, C = {2, 0}


Now, accordingly we have:




And,


∴


Hence,


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