physics kiddy
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Here's the problem :
Let X = {1,2,3,4 ... 10}. Find the number of pairs {A,B} such that A \subseteq X and B \subseteq X, A \neq
B and A \cap B = {5,7,8}.
My attempt:
Once we know that the remaining numbers are 1,2,3,4,6,9,10 ... a total of 7 numbers, we can use permutation to know that seven elements can be distributed to 2 sets in 2^7 ways ...
Excluding A and B having the common elements {5,7,8}, we have a total of 2^7-1 such numbers A and B.
However the answer is 3^7 - 1. I don't know how ...
Let X = {1,2,3,4 ... 10}. Find the number of pairs {A,B} such that A \subseteq X and B \subseteq X, A \neq
B and A \cap B = {5,7,8}.
My attempt:
Once we know that the remaining numbers are 1,2,3,4,6,9,10 ... a total of 7 numbers, we can use permutation to know that seven elements can be distributed to 2 sets in 2^7 ways ...
Excluding A and B having the common elements {5,7,8}, we have a total of 2^7-1 such numbers A and B.
However the answer is 3^7 - 1. I don't know how ...