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Question 1 The Venn diagram below shows the 12 students in Ms. Taylor's class. The diagram shows the memberships for the Softball Club and the Tennis Club. Note that "Jina" is outside the circles since she is not a member of either club. One student from the class is randomly selected. Let A denote the
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