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Which regular grammar generates the language consisting of strings with zero or more occurrences of "a" followed by "b"?Options :S -> ab | aS | εS -> a | b | aSS -> ab | aSnone

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Which regular grammar generates the language consisting of strings with zero or more occurrences of "a" followed by "b"?Options :S -> ab | aS | εS -> a | b | aSS -> ab | aSnone

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Solution 1

The correct option is S -> ab | aS. This regular grammar generates the language consisting of strings with zero or more occurrences of "a" followed by "b".

Here's the step by step explanation:

  1. The production rule S -> ab means that the string can end with "b" after zero or more occurrences of "a".

  2. The production rule S -> aS means that we can have any number of "a"s before we decide to end the string with "b".

  3. Therefore, any string generated by this grammar will have zero or more "a"s followed by "b".

The other options do not correctly generate the language as described.

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Solution 2

The regular grammar that generates the language consisting of strings with zero or more occurrences of "a" followed by "b" is S -> ab | aS.

Here's the step by step explanation:

  1. The grammar S -> ab | aS means that a string in the language can be either 'ab' or it can start with 'a' followed by another string in the language.

  2. The 'ab' part covers the case where there is exactly one occurrence of 'a' followed by 'b'.

  3. The 'aS' part covers the case where there are multiple occurrences of 'a'. Each time we apply this rule, we add another 'a' to the start of the string.

  4. We can keep applying the 'aS' rule as many times as we want, to get as many occurrences of 'a' as we want.

  5. Finally, when we have enough 'a's, we can apply the 'ab' rule to add the 'b' at the end.

  6. Therefore, this grammar generates all strings with zero or more occurrences of 'a' followed by 'b'.

The other options do not correctly generate the language. For example, S -> a | b | aS would allow strings that consist of a single 'b' without an 'a' before it, which is not allowed in the language. Similarly, 'none' is not a valid answer because there is a grammar that generates the language.

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