Question

list all the subsets of each set.

{dog, cat, fish}

Answer 1

oh wow

Answer 2

i am thinking it is just all the combinations of 2 of the things, or 1 of the tings

Answer 3

would they be written like this . . .
{dog, cat}

or like this . . .
dog,cat

Answer 4

{dog,cat} is a subset of it

{dog, fish}

{dog}

{fish}
...exe

Answer 5

and the trivial answer
{ }

Answer 6

empty set

Answer 7

cool thanks :) What's a trivial answer ?

Answer 8

an empty set, { }

Answer 9

Would that be a subset?

Answer 10

a group is a subset if it is contained within the larger set

Answer 11

so it is all sets of 3, 2 or 1 of those elements, and the empty set { }

Answer 12

The empty set { } is a subset of any given set

Answer 13

So if I were to list all of the subsets, that would be one of the ones listed ?

Answer 14

so {dog,cat fish} is a subset of {dog,cat,fish}

Answer 15

it would be all combinations of 2 of the things, and {dog, cat, fish} , and { } empty

Answer 16

and each of them by themselves

Answer 17

just make sure nothing is listed twice

Answer 18

Subsets:

{dog,cat,fish}
{dog,cat}
{dog,fish}
{cat,fish}
{dog}
{cat}
{fish}
{ }

Answer 19

can you think of any more?

Answer 20

Is that all of them ?

Answer 21

are there any more that we havent listed yet

Answer 22

any other set of 2?

Answer 23

i think that is all of em

Answer 24

Oh Thanks so Much ! :)