Given a function f : D → R and a subset B ⊆ R, let f−1(B)be the set of all points from the domain D that get mapped into B; that is,f−1(B) = {x ∈ D : f(x) ∈ B}. This set is called the preimage of B. (b) The good behavior of preimages demonstrated in (a) is completely general.Show that for an arbitrary function g : R → R, it is always true thatg−1(A ∩ B) = g−1(A) ∩ g−1(B) and g−1(A ∪ B) = g−1(A) ∪ g−1(B) forall sets A,B ⊆ R.

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Given a function f : D → R and a subset B ⊆ R, let f−1(B)
be the set of all points from the domain D that get mapped into B; that is,
f−1(B) = {x ∈ D : f(x) ∈ B}. This set is called the preimage of B.

(b) The good behavior of preimages demonstrated in (a) is completely general.
Show that for an arbitrary function g : R → R, it is always true that
g−1(A ∩ B) = g−1(A) ∩ g−1(B) and g−1(A ∪ B) = g−1(A) ∪ g−1(B) for
all sets A,B ⊆ R.

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