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Find (a) the number of subsets and (b) the number of proper subsets of the set.{x 1 x is an even integer between - 3 and 3)(a) The given set has subsets.(Simplify your answer.)proper subsets(b) The given set has(Simplify your answer.)

Find (a) the number of subsets and (b) the number of proper subsets of the set.{x-example-1
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The number of subsets follows the rule


2^n

Where n represents the number of elements inside the set.

The number of proper subsets is defined as


2^n-1

So, the given set has the elements -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, which means n = 5.

Then,


\begin{gathered} 2^5=32 \\ 2^5-1=32-1=31 \end{gathered}(a) The given set has 32 subsets.(b) The given set has 31 proper subsets.
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