L7 Practice Answers
L7 Practice Answers
L7 practice problems
Answers:
1.
a. F(X,Y,Z) = X’Y + X’Y’Z
= X’Y(Z’ + Z) + X’Y’Z
= X’YZ’ + X’YZ + X’Y’Z
= ∑ m (1, 2, 3)
(a) (b)
X Y Z F A B C D F
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
1 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 1 0
1 0 1 0 1
1 0 1 1 0
1 1 0 0 0
1 1 0 1 0
1 1 1 0 1
1 1 1 1 0
2. F(X, Y, Z) = ∑ m (1, 2, 3)
A minimum-cost SOP expression will have the minimum number of products, and
each product will have the minimum number of variables.
Similarly, a minimum-cost POS expression will have the minimum number of sums,
and each sum will have the minimum number of variables.