Pick the example with the highest entropy from each of the following sets. Explain your answers.
a. Two opposing football teams just before the ball is snapped, two opposing football teams
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c. A purse on which the strap just broke, a purse just hitting the ground, a purse on the ground with contents scattered
d. Coins in a piggy bank, coins in piles containing the same type of coins, coins in stacks of the same type of coins
e. A dozen loose pearls in a box, a dozen pearls randomly strung on a string, a dozen pearls strung on a string in order of decreasing size
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