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How many subsets of {1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5} will contain a 2?
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How many subsets of {1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5} will contain a 2?
We know that the number of subsets of set with n elements is 2n. Hence the number of subsets of the given set is equal to 29. If we consider the set {1, 1, 3, 4, 4, 5} (the set without 2), the number of subsets is 26. Hence the number of subsets that contain a 2 is given by the difference 29-26=7x26=448
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