Write down all the subsets of the set {1, 2, 3}
Let A={1,2,3}
Number of elements in A is 3
Hence n=3
Number of subsets of A=2n where n is the number of elements of the set A
=23=8
The subsets of {1,2,3} are
ϕ,{1},{2},{3},{1,2},{2,3},{1,3} and {1,2,3}