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Part A

Can anyone explain how to show that $ n \left(\!\!\! \begin{array}{c} n-1 \\ k-1 \end{array} \!\!\!\right) $ counts the number of ways to select a subset with k elements from a set with n elements and then an element of the subset? The left hand side of the identity in the problem obviously counts this, but I can't see how they are counting the same thing.

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