MCQ
The binary operation * defined on N by a * b = a + b + ab for all a, b ∈ N is:
- ACommutative only.
- BAssociative only.
- ✓Commutative and associative both.
- DNone of these.
✓
Answer
Correct option: C.
Commutative and associative both.
a * b = a + b + ab
b * a = b + a + ba
⇒ a * b = b * a
So * is commutative.
Now,
(a * b) * c
= (a + b + ab) * c
= a + b + ab + c + ca + cb + abc
a * (b * c)
= a * (b + c + bc)
= a + b + c + bc + ab + ac + abc
⇒ (a * b) * c = a * (b * c)
So * is associative.
b * a = b + a + ba
⇒ a * b = b * a
So * is commutative.
Now,
(a * b) * c
= (a + b + ab) * c
= a + b + ab + c + ca + cb + abc
a * (b * c)
= a * (b + c + bc)
= a + b + c + bc + ab + ac + abc
⇒ (a * b) * c = a * (b * c)
So * is associative.
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