SOLUTION: If set a={1,3,5} then the number of possible subset of a is ?
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Question 464902: If set a={1,3,5} then the number of possible subset of a is ?
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Since there are 3 elements in the set and since the null set is a subset of every set, calculate the sum \ +\ \left(3\cr 1\right\)\ +\ \left(3\cr 2\right\)\ +\ \left(3\cr 3\right\))
Hint: The 4th row of Pascal's Triangle.
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John
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