The number of proper subsets of the set {1, 2, 3} is
A proper subset of a set A is a subset of A that is not equal to A . In other words, if B is a proper subset of A , then all elements of B are in A but A contains at least one element that is not in B . The number of proper subsets is 2n−1 where n is the count of distinct numbers in a set .
So , Number of proper subsets of the set {1,2,3}=23−1=7.