An academic department has just completed voting bysecret ballot for a department head. The ballot box containsfour slips with votes for candidate A and three slipswith votes for candidate B. Suppose these slips areremoved from the box one by one.a. List all possible outcomes.b. Suppose a running tally is kept as slips are removed.For what outcomes does A remain ahead of Bthroughout the tally?

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An academic department has just completed voting by
secret ballot for a department head. The ballot box contains
four slips with votes for candidate A and three slips
with votes for candidate B. Suppose these slips are
removed from the box one by one.
a. List all possible outcomes.
b. Suppose a running tally is kept as slips are removed.
For what outcomes does A remain ahead of B
throughout the tally?

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