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Four universities—1, 2, 3, and 4—are participating in a holiday basketball tournament. I...

Four universities—1, 2, 3, and 4—are participating in a holiday basketball tournament. In the first round, 1 will play 2 and 3 will play 4. Then the two winners will play for the championship, and the two losers will also play. One possible outcome can be denoted by 1324 (1 beats 2 and 3 beats 4 in first-round games, and then 1 beats 3 and 2 beats 4).

a. List all outcomes in .

b. Let A denote the event that 1 wins the tournament. List outcomes in A.

c. Let B denote the event that 2 gets into the championship game. List outcomes in B.

d. What are the outcomes inA ∪B and in A∩B? What are the outcomes in A?

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