SOLUTION: {a, b, c, d} subset {a, b, c, d}

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Question 975914: {a, b, c, d} subset {a, b, c, d}
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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If a set has N elements, it has 2N subsets.


 {a,b,c,d}


This set has 4 elements, so it has 24 or 16 subsets:

 1. { } or   <-- the empty set  
 2. {a}
 3. {b}
 4. {c}
 5. {d}
 6. {a,b}
 7. {a,c}
 8. {a,d}
 9. {b,c}
10. {b,d}
11. {c,d}
12. {a,b,c}
13. {a,b,d}
14. {a,c,d}
15. {b,c,d}
16. {a,b,c,d}  <-- the whole set, which IS considered a subset, but
                   it is not considered a PROPER subset, like the other 15.

Edwin