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Let there be a semigroup $(\text{G}, \ast)$ where $\text{G} = {p, q, r,s}$ such that $p \ast q = r ; q \ast q = p$ and $s \ast p = q.$ Then $s \ast r = ?$

  1. $p$
  2. $q$
  3. $r$
  4. $s$
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$= s * r$
    $= s * (p * q) \quad \{\text{Given}\; p * q = r\}$
    $= (s * p) * q \quad    \{\text{In semigroup associativity exist}\}$
    $= q * q \quad    \{\text{Given}\; s * p = q \}$
    $= p$
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we have to find  r*s and not s*r. or it does not have any effect at all ??  I tried expanding r*s and got stuck. It would be helpful if can also show by expanding  r*s.

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@Deepak Poonia in question it is not stated G is abelian so we can’t used r*s=s*r

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It has been corrected. Thank you for pointing it out.

Please solve it again.
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