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प्रश्न
Check the commutativity and associativity of the following binary operation '*' on Q defined by a * b = a + ab for all a, b ∈ Q ?
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उत्तर
Commutativity :
\[\text{Let }a, b \in Q . \text{Then}, \]
\[a * b = a + ab\]
\[b * a = b + ba\]
\[ = b + ab\]
\[\text{Therefore},\]
\[a * b \neq b * a\]
Thus, * is not commutative on Q.
Associativity :
\[\text{Let }a, b, c \in Q . \text{Then}, \]
\[a * \left( b * c \right) = a * \left( b + bc \right)\]
\[ = a + a\left( b + bc \right)\]
\[ = a + ab + abc\]
\[\left( a * b \right) * c = \left( a + ab \right) * c\]
\[ = \left( a + ab \right) + \left( a + ab \right) c\]
\[ = a + ab + ac + abc\]
\[\text{Therefore},\]
\[a * \left( b * c \right) \neq \left( a * b \right) * c\]
Thus, * is not associative on Q.
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