Given a number n, we need to find the sum of all the elements from all possible subsets of a set formed by first n natural numbers.
Examples :
Input : n = 2
Output : 6
Possible subsets are {{1}, {2},
{1, 2}}. Sum of elements in subsets
is 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 6
Input : n = 3
Output : 24
Possible subsets are {{1}, {2}, {3},
{1, 2}, {1, 3}, {2, 3}, {1, 2, 3}}
Sum of subsets is :
1 + 2 + 3 + (1 + 2) + (1 + 3) +
(2 + 3) + (1 + 2 + 3)
A simple solution is to generate all subsets. For every subset, compute its sum and finally return overall sum.
An efficient solution is based on the fact that every number from 1 to n appears exactly 2(n-1) times. So our required sum is (1 + 2 + 3 + ..+ n) * 2(n-1). The sum can be written as (n * (n + 1)/2) * 2(n-1)
Try It Yourself
// CPP program to find sum of all subsets
// of a set.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
unsigned long long findSumSubsets(int n)
{
// sum of subsets is (n * (n + 1) / 2) *
// pow(2, n-1)
return (n * (n + 1) / 2) * (1 << (n - 1));
}
int main()
{
int n = 3;
cout << findSumSubsets(n);
return 0;
}
// Java program to find sum of all subsets
// of a set.
class GFG {
static long findSumSubsets(int n)
{
// sum of subsets is (n * (n + 1) / 2) *
// pow(2, n-1)
return (n * (n + 1) / 2) * (1 << (n - 1));
}
// Driver code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int n = 3;
System.out.print(findSumSubsets(n));
}
}
// This code is contributed by Anant Agarwal.
# Python program to find
# sum of all subsets
# of a set.
def findSumSubsets( n):
# sum of subsets
# is (n * (n + 1) / 2) *
# pow(2, n-1)
return (n * (n + 1) / 2) * (1 << (n - 1))
# Driver code
n = 3
print(findSumSubsets(n))
# This code is contributed
# by sunnysingh.
// C# program to find sum of all subsets
// of a set.
using System;
class GFG {
static long findSumSubsets(int n)
{
// sum of subsets is (n * (n + 1) / 2) *
// pow(2, n-1)
return (n * (n + 1) / 2) * (1 << (n - 1));
}
// Driver code
public static void Main()
{
int n = 3;
Console.WriteLine(findSumSubsets(n));
}
}
// This code is contributed by vt_m.
<?php
// PHP program to find sum
// of all subsets of a set
function findSumSubsets($n)
{
// sum of subsets is (n *
// (n + 1) / 2) * pow(2, n-1)
return ($n * ($n + 1) / 2) *
(1 << ($n - 1));
}
// Driver Code
$n = 3;
echo findSumSubsets($n);
// This code is contributed by ajit
?>
<script>
// javascript program to find sum of all subsets
// of a set.
function findSumSubsets( n)
{
// sum of subsets is (n * (n + 1) / 2) *
// pow(2, n-1)
return (n * (n + 1) / 2) * (1 << (n - 1));
}
// Driven Program
let n = 3;
document.write(findSumSubsets(n));
// This code contributed by aashish1995
</script>
Output :
24
Time Complexity: O(1)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)