document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1146079>Question 1146079</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine the total number of proper subsets of the set of letters from the English Alphabet (a,b,c,...,j)  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug in n=26 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EDIT 11/25/19:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Oh yes, I missed the fact that the letters terminate at 'j'   I thought it spanned the entire alphabet.  Sorry about that, n is obviously less than 26. </SPAN>\n" );
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