Complement rule

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P(not A) = 1 - P(A), since everything either happens or does not. Deploy it whenever 'at least one' appears — the opposite of 'at least one' is 'none,' which is usually far easier to count, and the complement route is faster whenever the 'not' set is bigger.

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