SOLUTION: determine the total number of proper subsets of the set of letters from the English alphabet {a,b,c,...,k}

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Question 924313: determine the total number of proper subsets of the set of letters from the English alphabet {a,b,c,...,k}
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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The number of subsets for 11 members would be 2%5E11.
The proper subset does not include the entire set so subtract 1.
N=2%5E11-1=2047