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Answer:

a[ab]*b


Trick Question

Consider the set of strings of any length with an equal number of 'a' and 'b' arranged in any manner.

Accepted:

Ø, ab, ba, aabb, abab, bbaa, abba,
aaabbb, bbbaaa, ababab, abaabb, ...
aaaabbbb, bbbbaaaa, abababab, aabbaabb, abaaabbb, ...

But Not:

a, b, aa, bb, abb, bba, aba, bbb, aaa, ...
aaabbbb, aaabbbbb, bbbbbbba, ...

QUESTION 14:

(Thought question: ) Can this pattern be expressed with a RE? Can you design a finite automaton that accepts this language?