document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=10533>Question 10533</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In algebra, what do they mean by subset? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #26363 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=26363\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A subset of another set is a version of a set containing less elements than the original set, though technically speaking every set has as one of its subsets itself.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For example, let a set be the numbers {1, 2, 3}.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subsets would be {1}, {2}, {3}, {1, 2}, {1, 3}, {2, 3}, {1, 2, 3}, and {}, the empty set (always a subset of every set)... </SPAN>\n" );
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