What are the following sets?

a) ({a,b}∪{a,c})×({a,c,d}∩{b,d,e})
b) {a, {b, c}} ∩ {b, {a, c}}

{a,b}∪{a,c} = {a,b,c}

{a,c,d}∩{b,d,e} = {d}

{abc}×{d} = {ad,bd,cd}

In part b, since the two sets have no elements in common, the intersection is empty.