Let M {\displaystyle {}M} and N {\displaystyle {}N} be disjoint sets, and x ∈ M {\displaystyle {}x\in M} Show that also M ∖ { x } {\displaystyle {}M\setminus \{x\}} and N ∪ { x } {\displaystyle {}N\cup \{x\}} are disjoint, and that
holds.