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What is the cardinality of power set of A = {2,3,9,7,5}?

User Ghanshyam Katriya
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Answer: 32

Explanation:

When the set has n elements, the power set has
2^n elements. This also gives us the cardinality of the power set, which is what we are looking for.

A = {2,3,9,7,5}

(1) 2

(2) 3

(3) 9

(4) 7

(5) 5

n = 5


\displaystyle 2^n


\displaystyle 2^5

32

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