Question

Whats the difference between a subset and a proper subset? {5,8} {2,5,8} Is {5,8} a subset of {2,5,8}.

Answer 1

Answer:

$\{5,8\}$ is a subset of $\{2,5,8\}$

Step-by-step explanation:

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Difference between subset and proper subset

To answer this question, I will use the following illustration.

$A = \{1,2,3\}$

$B = \{2,3\}$

$C = \{1,2,3\}$

In the above sets, set B is a proper subset of set A because all elements of B can be found in A, but not element of A can be found in B.

Set C is a subset of A because $A = C$

Using the above illustration, we have:

$\{5,8\}$ and $\{2,5,8\}$

$\{5,8\}$ is a subset of $\{2,5,8\}$, because 5 and 8 are in $\{2,5,8\}$ but 2 which ca be found in $\{2,5,8\}$ is not in $\{5,8\}$