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We can construct our subset by choosing which primes are included and which composites are included. There are <math>2^4-1</math> ways to select the primes (total subsets minus the empty set) and <math>2^4</math> ways to select which composites are included. Thus, there are <math>15*16</math> ways to choose a subset of the eight numbers, or <math>\boxed { (\textbf{D}) 240 }</math>
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We can construct our subset by choosing which primes are included and which composites are included. There are <math>2^4-1</math> ways to select the primes (total subsets minus the empty set) and <math>2^4</math> ways to select the composites. Thus, there are <math>15*16</math> ways to choose a subset of the eight numbers, or <math>\boxed { (\textbf{D}) 240 }</math>.
  
 
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Revision as of 15:04, 16 February 2018

Problem

How many subsets of $\{2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9\}$ contain at least one prime number? $(\text{A}) \indent 128 \qquad (\text{B}) \indent 192 \qquad (\text{C}) \indent 224 \qquad (\text{D}) \indent 240 \qquad (\text{E}) \indent 256$

Solution 1

Since an element of a subset is either in or out, the total number of subsets of the 8 element set is $2^8 = 256$. However, since we are only concerned about the subsets with at least 1 prime in it, we can use complementary counting to count the subsets without a prime and subtract that from the total. Because there are 4 non-primes, there are $2^8 -2^4 = 240$ subsets with at least 1 prime so the answer is $\Rightarrow \boxed { (\textbf{D}) 240 }\indent$ (Giraffefun)

Solution 2

We can construct our subset by choosing which primes are included and which composites are included. There are $2^4-1$ ways to select the primes (total subsets minus the empty set) and $2^4$ ways to select the composites. Thus, there are $15*16$ ways to choose a subset of the eight numbers, or $\boxed { (\textbf{D}) 240 }$.

See Also

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