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Complete Boolean algebra

Boolean algebra is a type of math that deals with true or false statements. You can find out if something is true or false by using boolean algebra. For example, if you want to know if 2+2 is equal to 4, you would use boolean algebra to figure out the answer. In boolean algebra, the answer is always either true or false. To represent true or false in boolean algebra, we use 1 for true and 0 for false. We also use other symbols, like + or -, to show how the different pieces of information connect together. So when we want to figure out if 2+2 is equal to 4, we would use the symbol + (for “add”) and the numbers 2 and 4 to represent that equation. If it is true, then the answer would be 1, and if it is false, then the answer would be 0. So in this case, the answer is 1 (true).
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