document.write( "Question 573318: how many subsets are in A = {king, queen, knight, prince, princess, duke, earl, duchess}?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #368824 by richard1234(7193)\"\" \"About 
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There are eight elements in set A. Any subset of A will either\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "contain the king or not contain the king (2 possibilities)
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and so on. This leaves 2^8 = 256 possibilities (including the empty set and set A).
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