Quick question on separable sets $A$ and $B$

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If $A$ is separable, then there exists a countable, dense subset of $A$ like $\{p^{(i)} \in A:i \in \mathbb{N} \}$. Similarly for separable $B$ as $\{q^{(i)} \in B : i \in \mathbb{N} \}$.

I think the Cartesian product $A \times B$ is separable as well. How do I write the countable, dense subset of $A \times B$?

$\{(\lambda^{(i)}, \mu^{(i)} ) \in A \times B : i \in \mathbb{N} \}$

or

$\{(a^{(i)}, b^{(j)} ) \in A \times B : i \in \mathbb{N}, j \in \mathbb{N} \}$

Are both valid ways of proceeding forward? This is just part of some proof I am working on.

EDIT: I changed the letters to make the point that all the sets are independently formulated.

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The first one is wrong. For example, if $A=B$ and $p_i=q_i$ then your set is dense only in the diagonal of $A \times B$ (i.e. it is dense in $\{(x,x): x \in A\}$).