Question:
Let $A=\{2,3\}$ and $B=\{4,5\} .$ Find $(A \times B) .$ How many subsets will $(A \times B)$ have?
Solution:
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 $P \times Q$ is the set of all ordered pairs of elements from $P$ and $Q$, . i.e.
$P \times Q=\{(p, q): p \in P, q \in Q\}$
Here, $A=\{2,3\}$ and $B=\{4,5\}$. So,
$A \times B=(2,3) \times(4,5)$
$=\{(2,4),(2,5),(3,4),(3,5)\}$
$\therefore$ Number of elements of $A \times B=n=4$
Number of subsets of A × B = 2n
$=2^{4}$
= 2 × 2 × 2 × 2
$=16$
∴, the set A × B has 16 subsets.