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Maths Project Class 11 Cbse

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Objective

To find the number of subsets of a given set and


of subsets is 2.
verify that if a set has n elements, then the total number

Method of Construction
1. Take the empty set Ag it has no elements.
Ao Material Required
2. Take a set A1, with one element only A drawing board
A white paper sheet
3. Take set
A-{a Pencil and scale
a Az, which has two elements only
Different coloured pencils
Aa a, a
4. Take a set Ag, which has 3 elements only
Ag{a, a2, aa
Demonstration
1. Take the set Ao =
{}
To represent it by venn-diagram, draw a circle and do not write any element inside it. It is an empty
set represented by . (See figure (i)) Here set Ao is subset of itself. Symbolically we represent it
by .
Ao{}has only one subset o.
Hence number of subsets of Ap= 1 =2° 2mumber of elerments in
- set Ao)

2. Take the set A {a}


Represent it by venn-diagram. Draw two concentric circles. Inner circle has no element and outer circle
has one element a . Therefore set A = fa} has two subsets , fa,j (See figure (i)
in
Number of subsets of A, =
2 2Number of elements set A)

Ao M

() (i1)
3. Take the set Az =

{a, aa
Represent it by venn-diagram. To do so, draw a circle. To divide it into subsets, draw two cencentric
curcles inside it, Inner most circle has no element; so it is an empty set o, then second circle has one
clement a, and outer most circle has two elements a and a (See figure (ii)).
ence set A=la, a) has subsets o, {a}, {aa) and a, azof elements in set A)
Lmber of subsets of set A, =
4 - 2= 2umber

Exerepr Activities in Mathematics-11


4. Take the set Ag =
{a, a2, ag
Represent it by venn-diagram. Draw a circle. Outer circle represent Ag = {a, a , ag). Now draw three
concentric circles inside it. Inner most circle has o. Second circle has one element a,
no element, so it is
and third circle has two elements a and az The fourth circle has 3 elements aq, az, ag. (See figure (iv)
S othe set Ag = {a, a2, aa} has 8 subsets as , {a}, {a), {ag), {a,, az), {a, ag), {a2, a} and (a, az, a
number of elements in set A)
Number of subsets of set Ag =
8 2° or 2

a, a2 P a, a2 as

(iii) (iv)
5.If we continue this process, and take a set A, which as rn elements then it will have number of subsets
= umber ofelements in set A,) 2 -

Observation
1. The number of subsets of Ao is 1 = 2 .

2. The number of subsets of A, is 2= 2.


3. The number of subsets of A, is 4 2. =

The number of subsets ofAg is 8= 2.


5. The number of subsets of A10 2.
6. The number of subsets of A, =
2
Conclusion
lfa setA, has n elements, then number of subsets of set A, =
2" =2umber of element in set A)

Application
of any
This activity can be used to calculate number of subsets given sets.

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