A student says that every time they add an element to a set, the number of subsets doubles.
Is the student correct? Explain thoroughly

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Answer:

Yes she is correct

Step-by-step explanation:

Suppose before we add and additional element x to a set A the number of subsets are n.

Now we can think of the subsets of the new set A union x as the subsets containing x and the subsets that are not containing x.

The subsets that are not containing x are exactly the former n subsets of A and the subsetes that are containing x is obtained by appending x to each of the n subsets. So we get another n subsets.

Therefore there are n + n =2n subsets which is double of the original subsets.

Therefore, there are n + n = 2n subsets which are doubled of the original subset.

Sets

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Given

Every time they add an element to a set, the number of subsets doubles.

How to define it?

Let the number of sets be n

But every time they add an element to a set, the number of subsets doubles.

Then according to the condition,

n + n = 2n

Therefore, there are n + n = 2n subsets which are doubled of the original subset.

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