Probability of a random subset of Z

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The discussion focuses on calculating the probabilities of specific subset conditions involving sets A and Z. The proper subset probability, denoted as $$P(B⊂A)$$, is determined by the ratio of the number of proper subsets of A to the total number of subsets of Z. The second probability, $$P(A∩B = Ø)$$, is calculated by recognizing that this condition holds true when B is a subset of the complement of A within Z. The discussion emphasizes the importance of understanding the powerset concept to derive these probabilities accurately.

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Question 9:
Let $$A = (1,2,3,4)$$ and $$Z = (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)$$, if a subset B of Z is selected by chance calculate the probability of:

a) $$P (B⊂A)$$ B is a proper subset of A
b) $$P (A∩B = Ø)$$ A intersection B =empty set
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Statistics4win said:
if a subset $B$ of $Z$ is selected by chance
This may mean different things. What are probabilities of selecting individual subsets if $Z$? If all such probabilities are equal, i.e., if each subset is equally likely, then $P(B\subset A)$ equals the number of proper subsets of $A$ divided by the number of all subsets of $Z$. For the number of subsets see Powerset in Wikipedia. For b) note that $A\cap B=\emptyset\iff B\subseteq Z\setminus A$.
 

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