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Exercises 69–72 use counting arguments from the preceding chapter.
Intramurals The following five teams will be participating in Urban University’s hockey intramural tournament: the Independent Wildcats, the Phi Chi Bulldogs, the Gate Crashers, the Slide Rule Nerds, and the City Slickers. Prizes will be awarded for the winner and runner-up.
a. Find the cardinality
b. Let E be the event that the City Slickers are runners-up, and let F be the event that the Independent Wildcats are neither the winners nor runners-up. Express the event
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