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2008 AMC 10AProblem 23P21-25~4 minPrint

Two subsets of the set S={a,b,c,d,e}S=\lbrace a,b,c,d,e\rbrace are to be chosen so that their union is SS and their intersection contains exactly two elements. In how many ways can this be done, assuming that the order in which the subsets are chosen does not matter?

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