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Question Number 24366 by Tinkutara last updated on 16/Nov/17
Giventhe7−elementsetA={a,b,c,d,e,f,g},findacollectionTof3−elementsubsetsofAsuchthateachpairofelementsfromAoccursexactlyinoneofthesubsetsofT.
Commented by Rasheed.Sindhi last updated on 18/Nov/17
Questionsimposed−(i)Howmanysuchcollectionscanbeproduced?(ii)Howmany3−memberedsetsarenecessaryinordertodetermineaparticularcollectionacquiringaboveproperty?
Answered by Rasheed.Sindhi last updated on 17/Nov/17
.Strategy.−Possiblepairs:(abacadaeafagbcbdbebfbgcdcecfcgdedfdgefegfg)TakeapairfromaboveandincludeanymemberofA(otherthanmembersofthepair)inordertomakeasetof3elementsForexampleinpaira,bwecanincludec,d,e,forg.Saywe′vemade{a,b,c}.Froma,b,cthreepairscanbemadeab,bcandac.Socrossoutthesefromtheabovetableofpairs.Nexttakeanotherpairwhichisnotcrossedoutandincludeanelementinitinsuchawaythatallthethreepairsproduced(fromthesetofthreeelements)arenewi−enotcrossedout.Goontillallthepairsofabovetablecrossout.T={{a,b,c},{a,d,e},{a,f,g},{b,d,f},{b,e,g},{c,d,g},{c,e,f}}
Commented by Tinkutara last updated on 17/Nov/17
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