Hi guys,
Is there a way to confirm your answers for simplifying boolean algebra OTHER THAN truth tables?
AND = *
OR = +
p * q * r + p * r is simplified into just p * r, which of course is the correct answer, but how can I confirm this? If I create truth tables, p * r is missing the "q", so can someone explain to me how to check it please?
honestly, I have no idea of what you are doing, or why I should automatically assume why
p * r should be the correct answer. could you elaborate a bit more?
Absolutely!
p * q * r + p * r
.. using Associative law ..
(p * r) + ((p * r) * q)
.. using Absorption/Redundancy law --> A + (A * B) = A ..
p * r
That's the correct answer, I checked on a few sites online to confirm as well. Here's one:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=P+AND+Q+AND+R+OR+P+AND+R
But how can I check my answers without having the aids of these sites in a test? Truth table for p * r is obviously a lot smaller and different that p * q * r. How can I prove them to be equal to check my answer?
Am I making sense? lol
In java syntax:
AND is coded as &
OR as |
lol i know brother! I'm just talking about boolean algebra here, not coding java. In algebra, every operator has many different ways of being written.
Since this is a java forum, I expected to see questions about java programming.
How does your problem relate to java programming? Do you have any java programming questions?
Boolean algebra is a java question (not specifically java, most programming languages wouldn't you say?). I wouldn't put it under math even if there was a math section.
Thanks for your help anyway.
AND = *
OR = +
p * q * r + p * r is simplified into just p * r, which of course is the correct answer
The way I read this, based on the above, was:
p AND q AND r - OR - p AND r
simplified is
p AND r ...
basically: A or B is automatically B ...
see why I didn't get the logic? :)
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