Question

Whats the difference between a subset and a proper subset? {5,8} {2,5,8} Is {5,8} a subset of {2,5,8}.

Answer 1

`\{5,8\}` is a subset of
`\{2,5,8\}`

Explanation:

Required

Difference between subset and proper subset

To answer this question, I will use the following illustration.

`A = \{1,2,3\}`

`B = \{2,3\}`

`C = \{1,2,3\}`

In the above sets, set B is a proper subset of set A because all elements of B can be found in A, but not element of A can be found in B.

Set C is a subset of A because
`A = C`

Using the above illustration, we have:

`\{5,8\}` and
`\{2,5,8\}`

`\{5,8\}` is a subset of
`\{2,5,8\}`, because 5 and 8 are in
`\{2,5,8\}` but 2 which ca be found in
`\{2,5,8\}` is not in
`\{5,8\}`