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(a) Suppose you select four cards at random from a standard deck of playing cards and end up with a macrostate of four deuces. How many microstates are associated with this macrostate? (b) Suppose you pick up two cards and end up with a macrostate of two aces. How many microstates are associated with this macrostate?
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