Different hardware requirements based on different state assignments on Page No. 9-12 First assignment for A,B,C,D,E are 000,001,010,011,100 z = q2 + q3 D1 = xq1 + xq3 D2 = x'q1'q2' + xq1'q3' D3 = x'q2q3 + x'q1 + zq1'q3' First assignment for A,B,C,D,E are 000,001,011,111,110 Second Assignment z = q3 D1 = x D2 = x + q2' D3 = x'q1 + x'q2' + {q2'q3' or q1'q3' } + xq1'q2 Since the second assignment results in reduced output expression this partition is called as output-consistent partition