The literal count of a Boolean expression is the sum of the number of times each literal appears in the expression. For example, the literal count of (x y + x z) is 4. What are the minimum possible literal counts of the product – of – sum and sum – of – product representations respectively of the function given by the following karnaugh map? Here, x denotes “don’t care”.

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1.	The literal count of a Boolean expression is the sum of the number of times each literal appears in the expression. For example, the literal count of (x y + x z) is 4. What are the minimum possible literal counts of the product – of – sum and sum – of – product representations respectively of the function given by the following karnaugh map? Here, x denotes “don’t care”.
A.	(11,9)
B.	(9,13)
C.	(9,10)
D.	(11,11)
Answer» D. (11,11)