0 0 votes Approach : 1. Select given number say 1, then find combination of rest of the elements. e.g select 1 , now remaining 4 elements, make subsets of 2 elements and add "1" in each subsets ie C(4,2) = 6. Suggest any another method please. Set Theory & Algebra + – HeadShot 748 views answer comment Share Follow Print See all 3 Comments 3 3 Comments reply Shobhit Joshi commented Jan 8, 2019 reply Follow flag We want to find in how many subset of size $m$ of $n$ elements the element $x$ is present. for every size $m$, one element is fixed $i.e.$ x , so we have $m-1$ spaces to fill and $n-1$ elements left, so, the sets would be ${}^{n-1}C_{m-1}$ 0 0 replyShare HeadShot commented Jan 8, 2019 reply Follow flag @Shobhit Joshi the same i explained as Approach 1. I need some other method if any. ( Please read the question along with explanation given under question ) 0 0 replyShare Shobhit Joshi commented Jan 8, 2019 reply Follow flag @HeadShot my bad. 0 0 replyShare Please log in or register to add a comment.