Suppose I have this boolean expression: W'XYZ + WX'YZ + WXY'Z + WXYZ' + WXYZ How would I go abo

junoonib89p4

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2022-05-09

Suppose I have this boolean expression:
W'XYZ + WX'YZ + WXY'Z + WXYZ' + WXYZ
How would I go about simplifying this without using a K-map? Using K-map, the simplified form is XYZ + WXY + WXZ + WYZ. I read about the redundancy theorem somewhere, would rather not use that as well.

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charringpq49u

charringpq49u

Beginner2022-05-10Added 23 answers

Here is a good law for you to use:
Adjacency
P Q + P Q = P
It's called Adjacency because if you were to put it on a K-map, the two terms in the left hand side would pick out cells that are adjacent in the K-Map and that can be combined into one larger group of cells ... hence the much simpler expression.

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