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What is the Boolean expression for the output f of the combinational logic circuit of NOR gates given below?
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(A) (Q+R)’
(B) (P+Q)’
(C) (P+R)
(D) (P+Q+R)’


Answer: (A)

Explanation: Answer is Option A.

The above question contains the NOR gates. Let’s see what NOR gate does.
If A and B are the two inputs to the NOR gate, the NOR gate gives (A+B)’ as the output.

Let’s assign numbers to the Gates for the easy understanding.

In the 1st column there are 4 NOR Gates, 
number them as 1 to 4 ( top to down).

In the 2nd column there are 2 NOR Gates, 
number them as 5 and 6 ( top to down).

In the 3rd column there is only 1 NOR Gate, 
number it as 7.

1st numbered Gate gives output as : ( P + Q )'
2nd numbered Gate gives output as : ( Q + R )'
3rd numbered Gate gives output as : ( P + R )'
4th numbered Gate gives output as : ( R + Q )'
5th numbered Gate gives output as :
(( P + Q )' + ( Q + R )')'
= ((P + Q)'' . ( Q + R )'') ( De Morgan's law)
= (P + Q ) . ( Q + R ) ( Idempotent Law, A'' = A)
= (PQ + PR + Q + QR )
= (Q(1 + P + R) + PR) = Q + PR ( as, 1 + " any 
                                boolean expression" = 1 )

Similarly 6th numbered Gate gives output as : R + PQ 
                             (as this time R is common here)

Now 7th numbered Gate gives output as :
((Q + PR) + (R + PQ))'
= (Q( 1+P) + R(1+P))'
= (Q+R)' 



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