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Algebra.Com's Answer #152325 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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Recall that the number of subsets of a set with \"n\" elements is \"2%5En\". In this case, there are 4 elements. So the number of subsets is \"2%5E4=16\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here are the list of all the possible subsets (count them and you'll find that there are 16 subsets)\r
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