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Consider an instance of relation R below R A B С DE 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 2 4 2 4 1 4 o con 5 5 5 4 4 N 4 1 4 2 N What would
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Answer #1

Answer: None of The above

A B C D E
5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5 4
5 2 4 5 2
4 1 4 5 5
5 4 2 5 4
4 1 2 4 2

Option(1)

AE is NOT Key

Reason: AE --> BCD Not Exist

  • (5,4)--> 555
  • (5,4)--> 425
A E B C D
5 5 5 5 5
5 4 5 5 5
5 2 2 4 5
4 5 1 4 5
5 4 4 2 5
4 2 1 2 4

Option(2)

BC

BC is NOT Key

Reason: BC --> DEA Not Exist

  • (5,5)--> 555
  • (5,5)--> 545
B C D E A
5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 4 5
2 4 5 2 5
1 4 5 5 4
4 2 5 4 5
1 2 4 2 4

Option(3)

BD

BD is NOT Key

Reason: BD --> AEC Not Exist

  • (5,5)--> 555
  • (5,5)--> 545 // one time it is generating 555 and other time 545 so not possible in DBMS so it is NOT key
A B D E C
5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 4 5
5 2 5 2 4
4 1 5 5 4
5 4 5 4 2
4 1 4 2 2

Option(4)

CD

CD is NOT Key

Reason: CD --> ABE Not Exist

  • (5,5)--> 555
  • (5,5)--> 554
A B C D E
5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5 4
5 2 4 5 2
4 1 4 5 5
5 4 2 5 4
4 1 2 4 2
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