SOLUTION: Consider selecting four elements, a, b, c, and d, from the set A = {a, b, c, d, e}. List all possible subsets of A consisting of these four elements. (Remember to use set-build

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Question 865069: Consider selecting four elements, a, b, c, and d, from the set
A = {a, b, c, d, e}.
List all possible subsets of A consisting of these four elements. (Remember to use set-builder notation.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Here are all the subsets of size 4:


{a,b,c,d} Note: we're excluding 'e'
{a,b,c,e} Note: we're excluding 'd'
{a,b,d,e} Note: we're excluding 'c'
{a,c,d,e} Note: we're excluding 'b'
{b,c,d,e} Note: we're excluding 'a'


There are 5 subsets of size 4.