X + Y + Z
XY + YZ
X + YZ
XZ + Y E. None of the above
Answer is Wrong!
Answer is Right!
The correct answer is $\boxed{\text{C. }X + YZ}$.
To simplify a Boolean expression, we can use the following rules:
- $A + A = A$
- $A + A’ = 1$
- $A’ + A = 1$
- $A + B = B + A$
- $A(B + C) = AB + AC$
- $(A + B)C = AC + BC$
- $A’B = A’B$
- $AB’ = A’B’$
We can use these rules to simplify the expression $(X + Y + XY)(X + Z)$ as follows:
- $(X + Y + XY)(X + Z) = (X + Y)(X + Z) + (XY)(X + Z)$
- $= X(X + Z) + Y(X + Z) + XY(X + Z)$
- $= X^2 + XZ + YX + YZ + XY^2$
- $= X^2 + XZ + YX + YZ + XY + YZ$
- $= X^2 + (X + Y)Z + YZ$
- $= X^2 + YZ$
Therefore, the simplified form of the Boolean expression is $\boxed{\text{C. }X + YZ}$.
Here is a brief explanation of each option:
- Option A: $X + Y + Z$. This is not the simplified form of the expression, because it does not include the term $YZ$.
- Option B: $XY + YZ$. This is not the simplified form of the expression, because it does not include the term $X$.
- Option C: $X + YZ$. This is the simplified form of the expression, because it includes all of the terms in the original expression.
- Option D: $XZ + Y$. This is not the simplified form of the expression, because it does not include the term $YZ$.
- Option E: None of the above. This is the correct answer, because none of the other options are the simplified form of the expression.