If a database employs relational algebra to manage data, which consequence follows when two tables, representing sets, have their common elements extracted using set theory?

💡 Explanation

The intersection operation in set theory, when applied to tables in a relational database, identifies common elements, because the relational algebra interprets tables as sets; therefore, an intersection is computed, rather than other relational operations such as joins or Cartesian products.

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