Check the commutativity and associativity of the following binary… - Vidyadip

Question

Check the commutativity and associativity of the following binary operations:
'*' on Q defined by a * b = a + ab for all a, b ∈ Q.

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Answer

Commutativity: Let $\text{a, b}\in\text{Q}.$ Then,a * b = a + ab
b * a = b + ba
= b + ab
Therefore,
$\text{a}\ ^*\ \text{b}\neq\text{b}\ ^*\ \text{a}$
Thus, * is not commutative on Q.
Associativity: Let $\text{a, b, c}\in\text{Q}.$ Then,
a * (b * c) = a * (b + bc)
= a + a(b + bc)
= a + ab + abc
(a * b) * c = (a + ab) * c
= (a + ab) + (a + ab)c
= a + ab + ac + abc
Therefore,
$\text{a}\ ^*\ (\text{b}\ ^*\ \text{c})\neq(\text{a}\ ^*\ \text{b})\ ^*\ \text{c}$
Thus, * is not associative on Q.

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