What-is-the-number-of-ordered-pairs-A-B-where-A-and-B-are-subsets-of-1-2-5-such-that-neither-A-B-nor-B-A- Tinku Tara June 4, 2023 Relation and Functions 0 Comments FacebookTweetPin Question Number 19982 by Tinkutara last updated on 19/Aug/17 Whatisthenumberoforderedpairs(A,B)whereAandBaresubsetsof{1,2,…,5}suchthatneitherA⊆BnorB⊆A? Commented by mrW1 last updated on 22/Aug/17 Igottheanswer570,butIwasuncertain.C15×(C14+C24+C34+C44)+C25×(C13+C23+C33)×[1+2(C11)]+C35×(C12+C22)×[1+2(C12+C22)]+C45×(C11)×[1+2(C13+C23+C33)]=570 Answered by Tinkutara last updated on 21/Aug/17 Usingasimilarmethodtobelow,wecanderiveamoregeneralformforthenumberoforderedpairs(A,B)whereA,Baresubsetsof{1,2,3,…,n}suchthatneitherA⊆BandB⊆A.Supposethat∣A∣=xwhere0⩽x⩽5.Thereare5Cxwaystochoosetheelementsofset{1,2,3,4,5}thatbelongtoA.Furthermore,whenpickingtheelementsofB,thereare25optionswithoutanyrestrictions.However,2xofthesesubsetsfallundertheconditionB⊆Aand25−xfallundertheconditionA⊆B.However,thesetwocasesdoublecountthecasewhereA=B.Thus,thetotalnumberofwaystopickourpair(A,B)whenwehave∣A∣=xare5Cx⋅(25−2x−25−x+1).However,sincexcanrangefrom0to5ourdesiredansweristhesum∑5x=05Cx⋅(25−2x−25−x+1)=570. Terms of Service Privacy Policy Contact: info@tinkutara.com FacebookTweetPin Post navigation Previous Previous post: Let-f-be-a-one-to-one-function-from-the-set-of-natural-numbers-to-itself-such-that-f-mn-f-m-f-n-for-all-natural-numbers-m-and-n-What-is-the-least-possible-value-of-f-999-Next Next post: Question-151053 Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.