Question:Suppose that the set S has n elements and discuss the
number of subsets of various...
Question
Suppose that the set S has n elements and discuss the
number of subsets of various...
Suppose that the set S has n elements and discuss the
number of subsets of various sizes.
(a) How many subsets of size 0 does S have?
(b) How many subsets of size 1 does S have?
(c) How many subsets of size 2 does S have?
(d) How many subsets of size n does S have?
(e) Clearly the total number of subsets of S must equal the sum of
the number of subsets of size 0, of size 1, of size 2, . . . , and
of size n. Write an equation that equates the sum of the
number of subsets of these various sizes with the total number of
subsets of a set of n elements.
(f) Apply your equation from (e) to the case n = 6. In
other words, write an equation that has the sum of the number of
subsets of sizes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 on one side and the total
number of subsets on the other side.