
Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Objects (7th Edition) (What's New in Computer Science)
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Chapter 6, Problem 12SA
How does method overloading improve the usefulness of a class?
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1. Evaluate the following expression when A = 1, B = O, C = 1, D = 0
F = AB + CD + (A + B)C
2. Find F, the complement of function F, Write your answer using overbars.
F(W, X, Y, Z) = WX + YZ +XZ
3. Determine the truth table for the function
F = XY+XZ
4. Show with a truth table that the following is true:
X(YZ) = XY+XZ
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6. Find the dual of the Boolean expressions. (swap + with and O with 1; do not complement
variables).
a) A + BC
b)
(X + Y)(X + Z)
c) P+Q+ RS
5. Simplify the following Boolean expression. Show each simplification step and identity used.
a) ABAB + ABC
b) (MN)(M + P) + MP
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Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Objects (7th Edition) (What's New in Computer Science)
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