A truth table is usually a table in which the truth or falsehood of two variables are taken as input and these form the edges of the table. The content of the table shows the truth value of the result of some operation on the variables.
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Boolean algebra deals with logic and truth as it pertains to sets and possibilities. It uses the and, or and not operators to set up truth tables to define if a statement is true or not.
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A truth table is a chart of all of the possible combinations of true and false for a given set of options. The first step is to make x number of columns, where x is the number of inputs there are. Then in the first column write down x trues, followed by x false. Then in the following columns write down x/2 trues and false, alternating then x/4, then x/8 and so on.
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