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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Write down all subsets of {1,2,3}.

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

i would start by listing them based on size

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

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

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

can you try listing out the subsets of size 2 ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is {} the empty set?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

{1,2},{2,3}

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So... {},{1},{2},{3},{1,2}{2,3}{1,2,3} ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

{} has nothing in it so yeah its an empt set, you could also represent it using the symbol \(\large \emptyset\)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

looks you're missing one subset

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

you should get 2^3 = 8 different subsets

OpenStudy (anonymous):

{1,3} ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanks Ganeshie8!

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

yes :)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

This is an useful formula to memorize : number of subsets of a set with "n" elements is 2^n

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