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document.write( "Each of the 5 elements is either \"in\" or \"not in\" each subset.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So there are 2 choices for each element.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And there are 5 elements.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So there are 2^5 = 32 different subsets including the empty subset.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H<BR>\n" );
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