//Ex19_27 Pg-997 clc disp("(A+B)(A+C) = AA + AC + AB + BC ") //by distributive law disp(" = A + AC + AB +BC") //by theorem(6) disp(" = A(1 + C) + AB + BC") //by distributive law disp(" = A.1 + AB + BC ") //by theorem(3) disp(" = A(B + 1) + BC") //by distributive law disp(" = A + BC") disp("Therefore (A+B)(A+C) = A + BC")