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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The total number of subsets of {A, B, C} is _____

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

There are 3 elements in set {A, B, C}

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

so n = 3

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

In general, there are 2^n subsets, so because n = 3 we know that there are 2^n = 2^3 = 8 subsets

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

The 8 subsets are... {A,B,C} {A,B}, {A,C}, {B,C} {A}, {B}, {C} { } The set { } is the empty set

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