SOLUTION: How many unordered 2-letter subsets of the letters A,B, and C are there?

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Question 695121: How many unordered 2-letter subsets of the letters A,B, and C are there?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How many unordered 2-letter subsets of the letters A,B, and C are there?
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Ordered subsets: ab ; ac ; bc-------3
Total # of 2 letter subsets: 3*2 = 6
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Ans: # of unordered 2-letter subsets = 6-3 = 3
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Stan H.
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