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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How many subsets can be created from the set {1, 2, 3}?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is the empty set considered a subset ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and empty set { } if that counts

OpenStudy (anonymous):

8

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it will be 2^3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3 6 7 8 these are my choices

OpenStudy (anonymous):

{} ? {1} {2} {3} {1,2} {1,3} {2,3}

OpenStudy (anonymous):

8 will be answer 100%

OpenStudy (anonymous):

If you count these two special sets - it will be 8: {} {1,2,3} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subset

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Looks like you should count them - so it is 8 . :) * Any set is a subset of itself, but not a proper subset. * The empty set, is also a subset of any given set X. (This statement is vacuously true.) The empty set is always a proper subset, except of itself.

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