3.

2a Subsets
3.2a Subsets
1. If every element of a set A is also an element of a setB, then
set A is called subset of set B.
2. The symbol is used to denote is a subset of.

Therefore, set A is a subset of set B. In set notation, it is written

as

AB.

Example:
A = {11, 12, 13} and B = {10, 11, 12, 13, 14}
Every element of set A is an element of set B.
Therefore

3.

AB

A B.

AB.

ABcan be illustrated using Venn diagram as below:

4. The symbol

is used to denote is not a subset of.

5. An empty set is a subset of any set.

For example,

6. A set is a subset of itself.

For example,

BB

BB

7. The number of subsets for a set with n elements is2 .

For example, if A = {3, 7}

So n = 2, then number of subsets of set A = 2 = 4

All the subsets of set A are { }, {3}, {7} and {3, 7}.