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Given

public class ThreadDemo {
  synchronized void a() { actBusy(); }
  static synchronized void b() { actBusy(); }
  static void actBusy() {
   try { Thread.sleep(1000); }
   catch (InterruptedException e) {}
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
   final ThreadDemo x = new ThreadDemo();
   final ThreadDemo y = new ThreadDemo();
   Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
    public void run() {
     int option = (int) (Math.random() * 4);
     switch (option) {
      case 0: x.a(); break;
      case 1: x.b(); break;
      case 2: y.a(); break;
      case 3: y.b(); break;
     } 
    }
   };
   Thread thread1 = new Thread(runnable);
   Thread thread2 = new Thread(runnable);
   thread1.start();
   thread2.start();
  }
 }

Which of the following pairs of method invocations could NEVER be executing at the same time? (Choose all that apply.)

x.a() in thread1, and x.a() in thread2
x.a() in thread1, and x.b() in thread2
x.a() in thread1, and y.a() in thread2
x.a() in thread1, and y.b() in thread2
x.b() in thread1, and x.a() in thread2
x.b() in thread1, and x.b() in thread2
x.b() in thread1, and y.a() in thread2
x.b() in thread1, and y.b() in thread2

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