Question

If

A = {a,g,h,q,l,m}
a. How many subsets does
A
have? Be sure to include the calculation you are using.
b. How many proper subsets does
A
have? Be sure to include the calculation you are using.

Answer 1

Explanation:

A has 6 elements therefore

a) A has
`2^6` subsets, and

b) A has [tex]2^{6}-1[tex] proper subsets since we dont want the subset to be equal to A itself.