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Let A = {2, 3} and B = {4, 5}. Find (A × B). How many subsets will (A × B) have?

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Given: A = {2, 3} and B = {4, 5} 

To find: A × B

By the definition of the Cartesian product, 

Given two non – empty sets P and Q. The Cartesian product P × Q is the set of all ordered pairs of elements from P and Q, .i.e. 

P × Q = {(p, q) : p Є P, q Є Q} 

Here, A = {2, 3} and B = {4, 5}. So,

 A × B = (2, 3) × (4, 5) 

= {(2, 4), (2, 5), (3, 4), (3, 5)} 

∴Number of elements of A × B = n = 4 

Number of subsets of A × B = 2n 

= 24 

= 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 

= 16 

∴, the set A × B has 16 subsets.



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