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ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
number of subsets with 0 elements = 1
number of subsets with 1 elements = 3
number of subsets with 2 elements = 3
number of subsets with 3 elements = 1
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
total number of subsets = ?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
8
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
yes so we say the cardinality of powerset of {a, b, c} is 8
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
it refers to the size of a set
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ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
and the powerset of {a, b, c} would be :
{ {}, {a}, {b}, {c}, {a, b}, {b, c}, {c, a}, {a, b, c} }
OpenStudy (anonymous):
possible subsets for {a,b,c,d} will be 10?
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
try again
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
list them by size
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
subsets with 0 elements : {}
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ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
subsets with 1 elements : {a}, {b}, {c}, {d}
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
etc..
OpenStudy (anonymous):
ok just a min
OpenStudy (anonymous):
11?
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
list them all
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ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
list all the subsets with 2 elements
OpenStudy (anonymous):
{a,b} {b,c} {c,d} {d,a} {b,d} {a,d}
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
Right, next list down all the subsets with 3 elements?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
{a,b,c} {b,c,d} {a,b,d} {a,c,d}
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
next list all the subsets with 4 elements
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
{a,b,c,d}
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
so total how many subsets you got ?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
12
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
number of subsets with 0 elements : 1
number of subsets with 1 elements : 4
number of subsets with 2 elements : 6
number of subsets with 3 elements : 4
number of subsets with 4 elements : 1
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
add them again
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
sorry sorry
OpenStudy (anonymous):
did not count some
OpenStudy (anonymous):
cardinalty is the total number of subsets
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
cardinality of a set is the total number of elements in it
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
powerset is a collection of all the subsets
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
so for {a,b,c,d } cardinality is 4
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
Yep!
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Thankya. For section (e) ?
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
do you see any pattern ?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
i cant guess.
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Available?
ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):
cardinality of powerset with 3 elements = 8 = 2^3
cardinality of powerset with 4 elements = 16 = 2^4
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cardinality of powerset with n elements = 2^n ?