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[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

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Let \( S = \{1, 2, 3, 4, \ldots, 16\} \). Each of the following subsets of \( S \):
\[ \{6\},\{1, 2, 3\}, \{5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12\}, \{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9\} \]
has the property that the sum of all its elements is a multiple of 3. Find the total number of non-empty subsets \( A \) of \( S \) such that the sum of all elements in \( A \) is a multiple of 3.

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