The relation R(a,b) may have duplicate tuples. Which of the following queries has a result that is guaranteed not to have duplicates, regardless of what tuples R contains?       a) SELECT a, AVG(b) FROM R GROUP BY a     b) SELECT b FROM R WHERE a = b     c) SELECT a FROM R WHERE a >= ALL (SELECT a FROM R)     d) SELECT a FROM R WHERE a = 1   B.   Relation R(a,b) has no duplicate tuples, although neither a nor b is a key. Relation S(c,d) may have duplicates. Which of the following queries is guaranteed to produce no duplicates?       a) SELECT c, d FROM S WHERE c IN (SELECT a FROM R) AND d IN (SELECT b FROM R)     b) SELECT S.c, S.d FROM R, S WHERE R.a = S.d AND R.b = S.c     c) SELECT c FROM S WHERE c = d     d) SELECT c, d FROM S GROUP BY c, d

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A.   The relation R(a,b) may have duplicate tuples. Which of the following queries has a result that is guaranteed not to have duplicates, regardless of what tuples R contains?  
    a) SELECT a, AVG(b) FROM R GROUP BY a
    b) SELECT b FROM R WHERE a = b
    c) SELECT a FROM R WHERE a >= ALL (SELECT a FROM R)
    d) SELECT a FROM R WHERE a = 1
 
B.   Relation R(a,b) has no duplicate tuples, although neither a nor b is a key. Relation S(c,d) may have duplicates. Which of the following queries is guaranteed to produce no duplicates?  
    a) SELECT c, d FROM S WHERE c IN (SELECT a FROM R) AND d IN (SELECT b FROM R)
    b) SELECT S.c, S.d FROM R, S WHERE R.a = S.d AND R.b = S.c
    c) SELECT c FROM S WHERE c = d
    d) SELECT c, d FROM S GROUP BY c, d
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