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Use the following to answer questions 1-8: In the questions below fill in the blanks. 1. The idempotent laws in a Boolean algebra state that ________ and ________. Ans: x ? x ? x, x ? x ? x. 2. There are ________ Boolean functions with 2 variables. Ans: 24. 3. There are ________ Boolean functions with 3 variables. Ans: 28. 4. There are ________ Boolean functions with 4 variables. Ans: 216. 5. Using “?” for “nor”, (x ? y) ? (x ? y) can be written in terms of ?, ?, and ? as ________. Ans: x ? y. 6. Using “?” for “nor”, (x ? x) ? (y ? y) can be written in terms of ?, ?, and ? as ________. Ans: xy. 7. When written as a sum of minterms (in the variables x and y), ________. Ans: . 8. When written as a product of maxterms (in the variables x and y), (x ? y)z ? ________. Ans: . Use the following to answer questions 9-22: In the questions below mark each statement TRUE or FALSE. 9. When written as a sum of minterms in the variables x and y, . Ans:??True 10. When written as a sum of minterms in the variables x and y, . Ans:??True 11. If f (z?y?z) ? xyz, then . Ans:??False 12. xxx ? xy ? yy ? xy. Ans:??False 13. Every Boolean function can be written using only the operators , ?, and ? . Ans:??True 14. There are n2 minterms in the variables x1?x2?…?xn. Ans:??False 15. . Ans:??True 16. . Ans:??True 17. . Ans:??True 18. . Ans:??True 19. . Ans:??False 20. ?????? is a functionally complete set of operators. Ans:??False 21. The circuit diagrams for and produce the same output. Ans:??True 22. The circuit diagrams for and x ? y produce the same output. Ans:??False 23. Write x ? y as a sum-of-products in the variables x and y. Ans: . 24. Write x(y ? 1) as a sum-of-products in the variables x and y. Ans: . 25. Write as a sum-of-products in the variables x and y. Ans: . 26. Write 1 as a sum-of-products in the variables x and y. Ans: . 27. Write x ? y ? z as a sum-of-products in the variables x,