Math  /  Discrete

QuestionGiven a set A={m,p,I,6,H,G,5,n}\mathrm{A}=\{m, p, I, 6, H, G, 5, n\}, answer the follc a. Find the number of subsets of AA \square b. Find the number of proper subsets of AA \square

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STEP 1

What is this asking? How many groups can we make from the items in set A, including the group with nothing in it, and how many if we don't count the group with everything in it? Watch out! Don't mix up subsets and proper subsets!
A *proper* subset can't have *all* the elements of the original set.

STEP 2

1. Find the total number of subsets.
2. Find the number of proper subsets.

STEP 3

Let's **count** the number of elements in set AA.
We have m,p,I,6,H,G,5,nm, p, I, 6, H, G, 5, n.
That's 8\bf{8} elements!

STEP 4

The number of subsets of a set with nn elements is given by 2n2^n.
Here, nn is 8\bf{8}, so the number of subsets is 282^{\bf{8}}.

STEP 5

28=22222222=2562^8 = 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 = \bf{256}.
So, there are 256\bf{256} subsets of AA!

STEP 6

Remember, a *proper* subset is any subset *except* the set itself.

STEP 7

Since we already found *all* the subsets (256256), we just need to subtract 11 to remove the set AA itself from the count.

STEP 8

2561=255256 - 1 = \bf{255}.
So, there are 255\bf{255} *proper* subsets of AA!

STEP 9

a. There are 256\bf{256} subsets of AA. b. There are 255\bf{255} proper subsets of AA.

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