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Express each of these system specifications using predicates, quantifiers, and logical connectives, if necessary.
a) At least one console must be accessible during every fault condition.
b) The e-mail address of every user can be retrieved whenever the archive at least one message sent by every user on the system.
c) For every security breach there is at least one mechanism that can detect that breach if and only if there is a process that has not been compromised.
d) There are at least two paths connecting every two distinct endpoints on the network.
e) No one knows the password of every user on the system except for the system administrator, who knows all passwords.
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